---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Monday, June 20, 2005, at 04:36 PM, llafargue wrote: > I am ordering a piano truck/dolly system from Pianotek for a Steinway=20= > D in a University hall here. =A0I have never installed one from = scratch=20 > and not sure of the smartest and safest way.=A0I know I have to take=20= > each leg off to remove the casters.=A0Also that the lyre should be=20 > off.=A0I have car/piano stationary jacks to hold it up (only have 2) = and=20 > I have a hydraulic jack.=A0I also have a portable engine hoist that I=20= > could lug there from my shop if necessary.=A0 > > =A0 > > Any experienced voices would be appreciated.=A0Thanks in advance.=A0 > > =A0 > > Lance Lafargue, RPT > > I like using three hydraulic jacks, with three concrete blocks (with a=20= blanket down to protect the floor) and some 4x4 and 2x4 scraps. Makes=20= positioning the truck MUCH easier, and you can tighten all the bolts=20 down before you lower the piano onto the truck. This set up is cheap=20 and allows you to hover the piano 1/16" off the truck if you want to --=20= something 10 students around the piano can't do. Jeff Jeff Tanner, RPT School Of Music University of South Carolina= ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1442 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/31/03/fc/73/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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