The music was Jupiter from the Planets by Holst.
A little backstory.
At that time I made the video, Keyboard Carriages reputation was suffering a bit with rumors of bankruptcy, and had just added motorcycle moving. I was making the video to have evidence in case of damage. Little did I expect the expertise that I was to witness. I then published the video to help the company anyway i could.
I had fun making the video as I was practicing with the editing trick of syncing the action up with the music. And it worked in a couple key spots. Doubt I will be directing any blockbuster hits any time soon though.
-chris
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Just Looking through the Go-Bars
chernobieffpiano.com
grandpianoman@protonmail.comKnoxville, TN
865-986-7720
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-22-2018 18:10
From: Benjamin Sanchez
Subject: In the presence of a master
Mr. Roeder,
Thank you so much for sharing. That's one thing I really appreciate about our industry (as a whole): mastery of a skill is still acknowledged and appreciated! It's not always in other industries. Thank you for the story; we have so much to be thankful for, not the least of which is a network of industry professionals.
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Benjamin Sanchez
Professional Piano Services
(805)315-8050
www.professional-piano-services.com
Original Message:
Sent: 12-21-2018 22:50
From: Karl Roeder
Subject: In the presence of a master
Today I shipped a piano out of my shop via Keyboard Carriage. The driver, Dennis, met me early in the morning at the tiny warehouse complex where I rent a bay. Keyboard Carriage had been there a few times before without incident. This morning however there were unexpected obstructions in the parking lot I hadn't counted on. Dennis maneuvered the tractor trailer through the restricted space for about half an hour in ways that I and the few people working early enough to observe thought were certain to end with the rig hopelessly wedged in place. After about a dozen trips in and out of the cab patiently assessing the geometry, Dennis had the semi miraculously reversed in it's position. After all this, despite being already behind schedule on the first pickup of the day, Dennis was unperturbed as we set about loading the piano. Dennis is a small man about my size but with an aspect that commands respect as soon as you meet him. He looks to be in his mid 60's though some have told me he's actually a fair bit older. While we broke down the piano and put it on the skid, I remarked that I admired the system Keyboard Carriage had for packing an instrument for transit. He smiled and said that a lot of people try to replicate it but don't really understand the principals behind the 7 blanket system they use. He then showed me why each piece goes where it does and we loaded the skid onto the dolly without either of us lifting more than a few pounds at any point. He showed me the wooden skid chock and the modified J bar that Keyboard had made for their trucks so that drivers don't have to wrestle with big pianos to get them loaded. Having loaded the piano into the trailer we shook hands and Dennis got the big rig back on the road headed for the next pickup. I was so impressed that I called up Keyboard Carriage to tell them how much I appreciated their driver's professionalism. After listening to my comments the person on the other end of the phone line thanked me and asked, "Did you know that Dennis is the owner of the company?" That's right. Dennis the driver I had just worked with through what could have been a very tense situation is in fact Dennis Robey the owner of Keyboard Carriage. Still out on the road, still seeing that it's done the right way. Some days we're blessed to be in the presence of a master. Even if we don't realize it at the time.
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Karl Roeder
Pompano Beach FL
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