Joseph, This is interesting. What do you mean by cribbing? I've not heard that term before. I suppose I could continue to add height to a platform being built underneath the piano as we go. Sounds like a lot of work though. best, Greg At 02:12 PM 9/1/2007, you wrote: >You could hire a house mover to do the job. >Using cribbing and hydraulic jacks, that is, >building up squares of timber will get almost >anything well into the higher stratosphere. It's >possible to do the job by yourself, although it >would take a long time and require a lot of >muscle to carry that much timber into the >working space. I watched a program on the >History (?) channel where house movers lifted a >structure up and over a railroad trestle with this method. Fascinating. >Joseph Alkana RPT >----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell at ameritech.net> >To: <Pianotech at ptg.org>; <Caut at ptg.org>; "MPT" ><Mpt-list at masterpianotechnicians.org> >Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:01 PM >Subject: Hoisting pianos > > >>Upcoming I have a job which requires hoisting a >>piano over 20 feet in the air to clear a glass >>wall and put a grand into a choir loft. There >>is no way the piano will go up the stairs. The >>donated piano I put a block in needs to go up >>and the old grand comes down. A contractor >>member of the church will install a hook in the >>ceiling for me. I was thinking of using some >>sort of block and tackle arrangement but >>thought I would tap into the collective expertise of the list first. >>Before it's suggested we thought of a fork lift >>but it is too heavy to roll over the ceramic >>tile in the foyer and the marble tile in the >>church. It's also too tall for the double front >>doors of the church even if they were removed. >>A scissor lift is pretty much the same story as is other similar machines. >>Thanks in advance for your responses. >> >>Greg Newell >>Greg's Piano Forté >>www.gregspianoforte.com >>216-226-3791 (office) >>216-470-8634 (mobile) >> >>2003,04,05 & 06 winners of >>Angie's List Super Service Award >> >> > Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) 2003,04,05 & 06 winners of Angie's List Super Service Award
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