>Terry, > >I had a piano (Baldwin 6 ft Grand) in Miami that is/was infested with >termites. It is in the balcony of a church with a spiral staircase so the >piano had to be placed in the balcony with a front loader fork lift when it >was put there during renovation last year. All the pews were removed at that >time. Now it cannot be taken down for fumigation without removing pews and >cracking floor tiles with a fork lift. The termite company will fumigate >any piano in their chamber for about $75 if you transport it there. For >about ten times that amount they will come to the church and tent the piano >(only), but since they use Vicane gas, by law, the church must be vacated >for 48 hours. There should be no need to take out the pews to get the piano out. We own a manually operated Genie lift. It can be wheeled in and set up in the aisle of the church. It goes 25 feet up and we use it all the time to put large Allen church organs up in church choir lofts. Somewhat tricky getting it from the floor level over the rail-but you could get it up on some wooden boxes or sturdy horses that would put it above the level of the rail and then come under the grand board. The lift could be taken up to the choir loft or lift the piano with straps with the forks over top of the piano. The challenge would be to find a piano mover that either owns one or is willing to rent one and get comfortable using it. Here's what it looks like: http://www.genielift.com/ml-series/staged/ml-1-4.html -- Glenn Grafton Grafton Piano & Organ Co. Souderton PA http://www.graftonpiano.com/ glenn@graftonpiano.com 800-272-5980 The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh.
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