Richard, It is called the Piano Horse Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Adkins" <RADKINS@coe.edu> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: Re: grand piano tilter (was piano horse, et al.) > The Piano horse looks like a good way to avoid the > lyre-ability issues. But do any of you recall seeing > a one-man grand piano tilter/mover @ the KC > convention (years ago now?)... > > One guy can move a concert grand with this! > > I saw one of these grand piano tilters at the > Kansas City convention, but never saw another > one. I believe it was made of aluminum I-beams or > some such material. A concert grand could be > upped on its side by one man, and loaded into > a moving truck w/electric winch inside. > > Once on this device it did not need to be tilted > up to insert a dolly/or board, etc. > > For those you us looking to solve the grand piano > moving dilemma a device such as this might be > the answer. > > All I could find on the internet was an old post below. > Perhaps it became the piano horse. The device I > describe above is quite different. > Richard > > MMD Archives August 1997 1997.08.28 13 Prev Next > > Plans for Grand Piano Tilter > By Bob Hunt > > For Terry Smythe -- I built a grand piano tilter designed very similarly > to the familiar upright piano tilter for just the reasons you described > in MMD. > > It is designed to roll the piano from standing on its side, on padded > 8-inch blocks, to the normal horizontal position and height where the > legs can be re-attached and the "tilter" removed from under the piano. > It is a one-man operation even with a Mason and Hamlin 6-footer! > > The principle is that the center of gravity remains at about the same > height, raising only a few inches as the piano goes from on its side to > normal position. > > I have plans somewhere which I will try to find for you. > > Bob Hunt > > (Message sent Thu 28 Aug 1997, 19:15:28 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.) > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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