Forklift under 9' piano?

[McNeilTom@aol.com]

Hi, John -

Doesn't seem like a problem if care is taken around the lyre and trapwork.

I used to have two Ds that had to be taken off the recital hall stage 
occasionally, mostly for maintenance like refinishing the stage floor.  We 
considered a fork lift, and would have used it.  However, the forklift 
couldn't be brought into that part of the building because it couldn't 
negotiate a particular handicapper ramp where it "high centered."  We ended 
up hoisting the concert grands from the rafters; complicated preparation, but 
easy in the execution.  We removed the lids and lifted them by the plate 
castings.

Good luck!

    -  Tom McNeil, RPT   -
Vermont Piano Restorations