Michael Jorgensen wrote: > > Hello, > How are you handling piano truck sales? Any tricks for a lone > person getting the piano on it? How long do you estimate for assembly? > What do you consider a fair price since the wholesale price is $260. > plus 110 lb shipping UPS? Perhaps it's illegal to ask that but some > guidance would be helpful. > A church, which is a regular customer, wants one. I'm considering > shipping it directly to them and letting their people assemble it and > lift the piano onto it. > > Thanks in advance > -Mike Jorgensen > I hate lifting. Michael, You might save yourself a little trouble by having it shipped to them directly. But I think it would be a mistake to suggest that they assemble it. Pianos are too valuable, vulnerable and heavy to leave in the care of the ham-fisted. I usually raise each corner in turn and remove the legs so that the casters can be unscrewed or otherwise pried out of their sockets. For this, I can either be a jack or I can buy a jack. Like you, I don't enjoy lifting grand pianos either so I long ago adopted Susan Graham's invention - a little hydraulic jack and a plywood box to sit it on (and _in_ when not in use) - with which to jack up the piano while casters are being removed and the truck installed. Email me if you're interested in details of this "Jack-in-the-box". Tom -- Thomas A. Cole, RPT Santa Cruz, CA mailto:tcole@cruzio.com
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