[CAUT] colton spider dolly

[Ken Zahringer]

Hey, Debra,

You can definitely install a stage truck by yourself.  I have done it a
number of times.

Buy a ³Jack-in-a-Box², or build one. I got an inexpensive hydraulic bottle
jack at the hardware store and made a post to put it on by screwing together
eight lengths of 2X4, and put a plywood cap on each end.  Jack up each leg
of the piano, set the truck under it, and let it back down.  I like to start
with the back leg, but I don¹t think it matters much which you start with.
Cut two short 2X4 scraps, 3-4² long, and set one on the floor under each leg
& truck before you let the jack down.  This will prevent the weight of the
piano making the other end of the truck lift up in the air.  You may have to
jack it back up a bit to get the block out when you¹re done.

Perhaps this would be a good subject for a mini-technical?

Regards,
Ken Z.


On 5/25/06 9:45 AM, "Debra Feiger" <debra_feiger at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello fellow techs
>   
> I am still a new to this list and really appreciate your help as I settle into
> my new university position at UCSD.  We are looking to purchase two spider
> dollies for two grand pianos (SS B and SS L) so that we can keep them
> positioned on them and easily move the pianos as needed.  This is s.o.p. for
> the university.  Facilities has typically gone through the local steinway
> dealer who sells the unit and comes to install it.  The price seems rather
> steep and I am wondering what other universities use and from whom they
> purchase their dollies.  Thanks for your help.
>   
> Debra  
> 
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-- 
Ken Zahringer, RPT
University of Missouri
School of Music

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