I don't take the straps around the piano, but secure the tilter to the piano via the back posts. You can draw up the tilter nice and tight to the piano that way. Wish I had a picture. Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Johnson" <jhjpiano at sbcglobal.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:43:04 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [pianotech] Upright Tilter I find my tilter indispensable. I have one that folds up and is fairly easy to carry. One word of warning. Be sure you keep the forks solidly biting into the bottom of the piano as you set it back into the upright position. I get the piano up to the position that the rear casters just begin to touch the floor, then I push the top of the piano away from the tilter while pulling the puller towards me, keeping the forks supporting most of the weight until the front casters touch the floor. Years ago, a good friend of mine didn't follow this procedure and when the rear casters contacted the floor, the piano rolled forward off the tilter and came crashing down, crushing several bones in his leg. He missed about 6 months work because of this little mishap. Needless to say, since his accident I have been extra careful. A strap around the top of the piano tying it to the tilter, as well as one around the bottom, would be a real good idea. It is the bottom of the piano coming off the tilter and rolling on the rear casters that is so dangerous. Good luck, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:25 AM Subject: [pianotech] Upright Tilter > I've finally bought an upright piano tilter, or Bench Truck as they're > sometimes called in the UK, after promising myself for years. Not many > around - Heckschers had none, and Fletcher & Newman only one left. It > came today. Very nice and sturdy. I'm now gonna find a pretext to put > every single customer's piano on its back...... > > Best regards, > > David. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090514/354a6312/attachment.htm>
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