Grand piano jack, etc.

[Kent Swafford]

I'm interested.

Kent Swafford



On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 09:40  AM, James Ellis wrote:

> I have been reading your various posts re concert grand trucks, stage
> dollys, lifts, etc.  Several years ago, I made a special screw jack for
> lifting grands.  It has a wide "footprint" that straddles the grand 
> leg,
> and it won't turn over.  You can lift one leg of a concert grand 
> without
> fear that it will topple.  It's far superior to that "jack-in-the-box"
> thing.  Except for the screw and its metal housing, the thing is made 
> of
> spruce, and weighs no more than a small metal jack.  As I say, it's 
> very
> sturdy, has a wide footprint, and it won't turn over.  You can lift 
> one leg
> of a concert grand, and take the leg away for repair without fear that 
> the
> thing will fall while you are away.  It won't fall, even if someone 
> pushes
> on it.  I have also used it for positioning a stage truck under a 
> concert
> grand, one leg at a time.  If there is much interest in this thing, 
> perhaps
> I could talk Paul Jansen into producing it for sale.
>
> Jim Ellis