I use several nylon straps that I purchased at Wholesale Tool. They are about two inches wide and maybe three or four feet long. They have large loops on both ends. I'm happy with them - they don't chew up the plate. I use a chain-pull hoist mounted in my ceiling. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:31 PM Subject: Plate suspension > Greetings list members, > I've been dissatisfied with the rope system I've been using to > hoist plates and have been thinking of changing to something else for this > purpose. I was wondering what the collective experience and intelligence > out there could share. In the past I have used ropes judiciously placed at > three points on the plate and tensioned as evenly as I could before the > hoist ( engine cherry picker) was engaged. While I'm not terribly fond of > the engine cherry picker since it lifts in a slight arc it will have to do > until I get the air hoist motor rebuilt and some strong frame to hang it > from. That however is not my present concern. My issue lies with the ropes. > It seems that they dig in just a bit and can cause some minor chipping. > I've thought of purchasing the Buldoc plate puller from Pianotek but was > even thinking of something a little more simple, like web straps that the > movers use but with "D" rings sewn into each end. The straps could be only > a couple of feet long and since they are 2" wide they would provide plenty > of support without digging in. Has anyone tried this before? Are there any > other ideas out there for replacement of the ropes? > Thanks for sharing. > Greg > > Greg Newell > Greg's piano Forté > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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