Peter writes: << Fit the skid onto the long side and ratchet up. We use a car jack fixed to a stand these days, so that goes under the left cheek block. Jack left side up and remove lyre. Remove left leg and drop down onto the skid. >> What keeps the skid board from pressing upwards against the lid when you lower the piano to the floor? I have seen numerous moves like this and repaired numerous hinges when the weight of the piano caused the skid board to tear the screws out. Also, FWIW, the Steinway factory method of turning the piano utilizes the lyre as the pivot point. My current movers also do this, unless it is one of my reproducers,(the lyre attaches to an irreplaceable iron span) or the lyre tends to be marginal or really decorative). After seeing a lot of D's turned on the lyre, I don't worry about the smaller pianos, they have the same lyre as the big one but weigh a lot less. Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/399/six_degrees_of_tonality.html"> MP3.com: Six Degrees of Tonality</A>
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