Piano Tilters

[DICK BEATON]

There are a couple other things you can do to avoid a BIG mishap.  Put a
piece of thick carpet where the casters will touch....they dont roll so
easy on carpet....also i have used rubber mutes to lock the casters.  One
more thing....run the wheels of the tilter up on something to get it
elevated a bit so the casters won't hit thye floor so soon....you want the
piano to be near verticval at the moment the rear casters toubh the
floor....good luck.
Dick RPT MT

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> From: Maxpiano@aol.com
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: Re: Piano Tilters
> Date: Tuesday, April 22, 1997 2:42 AM
>
> Warren and list -
>
> I almost had your experience once and was able to push the piano upright
just
> in time.
>
> What works for me without using clamps is:
>
> 1.  Make sure all four casters are pointing up (away from the floor)
before
> you start letting the piano down.  This requires hitting the right spot
and
> not jarring the piano as you let it down.
>
> 2.  As the rear casters touch (double check that they are still point
AWAY
> from the floor), hold the top of the piano from going too fast upright
while
> tilting the tilter away from the piano so that the toe hooks remain
engaged,
> hooked under the bottom of the piano.  This last insures that the piano
does
> not get away from you.  (Learned in Fern Henry's vertical repairs class).
>
> Bill Maxim, RPT
>
> In a message dated 97-04-21 09:35:30 EDT, you write:
>
> << The problem I had once was when I had the new casters
>  installed and was trying to stand it back up.  The new casters were
>  larger rubber tired and took the weight of the piano from the the tilter
>  too soon so that the forks popped out from under it!  Boy, that was
>  exiting!  That's when I found out about 2X4 blocks!  I also clamp the
>  tilter to the backposts with small bar clamps. >>
>