Forklift under 9' piano?

[Nichols]

No ill effects for the D at the Pan Am center, NMSU. 20 years so far. They
did weld a piece of channel steel to the spider, so they wouldn't have to
readjust it all the time when forking the piano.

Guy Nichols
Fort Stinkin' Desert

At 03:37 PM 3/1/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Our performing arts center wants to use a fork lift under the 9' Steinway
>to put the piano on a 12" platform. Anyone have serious reservations about
>doing this. They use to do this monthly, and I can find no visible
>structural evidence of damage to the instrument. The fork lift operator is
>quite experienced and is extremely careful. It takes less than 1 minute.
>
>What does everyone think about this practice?
>
>John Minor
>Unversity of Illinois
>