[CAUT] Piano truck installation

[Alan Crane]

Hi Lance,

You don't need to remove the lyre, or even use any more than the hydraulic 
jack and some 2x4 blocks plus a longer piece (or something else) to use as a 
lever.
I regularly do this job solo and it works quite well.
I described it on this list some time ago so I won't re-copy it here.
The link to that page of the CAUT list archives is:

https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/2003-March/008564.html

If that's not clear enough, call or write.
Best of luck!

Alan B. Crane, RPT
School of Music
Wichita State University
alan.crane@wichita.edu        316-978-6167


>===== Original Message From College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> 
=====
>I am ordering a piano truck/dolly system from Pianotek for a Steinway D
>in a University hall here.  I have never installed one from scratch and
>not sure of the smartest and safest way.  I know I have to take each leg
>off to remove the casters.  Also that the lyre should be off.  I have
>car/piano stationary jacks to hold it up (only have 2) and I have a
>hydraulic jack.  I also have a portable engine hoist that I could lug
>there from my shop if necessary.
>
>Any experienced voices would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>
>Lance Lafargue, RPT
>LAFARGUE PIANOS, LTD
>New Orleans Chapter, PTG
>985.72P.IANO
>llafargue@charter.net
>www.lafarguepianos.com