Greg: I thought I had some pictures of the type of cantilever hoist I referred to, but apparently I don't. If you want some direct advice, call Henry or Al at C&D Moving here in Chicago at 773/725-3880. They've done a lot of hoisting. Paul "If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie) In a message dated 09/01/07 23:14:49 Central Daylight Time, gnewell at ameritech.net writes: Ron, The vaulted ceiling above the glass wall leave more than enough swing room with plenty to spare. Very high ceilings! Greg Newell At 11:18 AM 9/1/2007, you wrote: >>Terry, >> I thought of that but no one around is >> old enough to have seen it go up. :-( >>The contractor/parishioner will be poking >>through the ceiling plaster to install either a >>hook or a beam clamp and the rest is up to me. >>I like the idea of this challenge but perhaps >>what I'm thinking of is not the only way. Thanks for the reply! >>Greg Newell > >It likely went up before something was built, a >glass wall, perhaps, or a repositioned stairway, >that precludes it coming down the same way. > >The hook thing worries me some. Will it be high >enough to allow some lateral swing when the >piano is as high as it needs to be to clear the >wall/railing? Getting it up is less than half the problem. >Ron N 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070901/91a575c7/attachment.html
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