We use to do the same thing but we didn't use a "johnny bar" . Where was that placed? I moved concert grands with one other guy...BIG GUY, mind you...no piano horse, no use of the lyre If people are actually still lifting the moving board up to place the dolly...well, I'm amazed... We were going over onto the board on top of the dolly 25 years ago. David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Bob Hull" <hullfam5@yahoo.com> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Received: 2/27/2006 12:29:52 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano Horse >Tim, >The block of wood works good for us, too. Not only >does it help to make the lift easier off of the floor >but it helps the tail of the piano contact the skid >board first. If the front corner near the bass leg >contacts first it can crack the finish when it bears >the weight of the piano coming over. Especially if it >is polyester. I learned this the hard way. >Better yet, has anyone talked about using a big prybar >with a long handle (may be called a johnny bar)? I >watched the man from Keyboard Carriage put a grand by >himself up on a dolly with the use of this pry bar and >some blocks that were as high as the dolly. There >was no lifting at all! >Bob Hull >--- Tim Coates <tcoates1@sio.midco.net> wrote: >> David, >> >> The use of the piano horse if done according to the >> instruction video >> doesn't involve a dead lift with the skid flat on >> the floor. The >> video shows putting a block of wood under the tail >> of the skid. I put >> a 4x4 under the skid at the tail end. It >> dramatically changes the >> weight of the piano. The skid is actually at a >> slant when the piano is >> lowered onto it. I've had crews do this with >> concert grands and small >> grands while using the piano horse. Changes the >> outlook about lifting >> a piano on a skid. >> >> Tim Coates >> >> On Feb 27, 2006, at 9:23 AM, David Ilvedson wrote: >> >> > Brad, >> > >> > Now if you had another one that was configured to >> turn it over onto a >> > dolly (for when you're actually moving the piano >> not storing it in the >> > corner)...that would be even nicer...no one likes >> to deadlift the end >> > of the board to install a dolly...;-] >> > >> > David Ilvedson, RPT >> > Pacifica, California >> > >> > >> > >> > Original message >> > From: "Brad Smith, RPT" >> > To: "College and University Technicians" >> > Received: 2/27/2006 1:43:24 AM >> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano Horse >> > >> > >> > Hi All, >> > Here is a link to my solution for this: >> > http://www.smithpiano.com/shop/ >> > >> > >> > On 2/26/06, Rob & Helen Goodale >> <rrg@unlv.nevada.edu> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Thanks for all the great responses. Is there >> somewhere on-line that >> >> I can see a picture of the "piano horse"? >> >> >> >> Rob Goodale, RPT >> >> Las Vegas, NV >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Best Regards, >> > Brad Smith, RPT >> > www.SmithPiano.com >> > II III II III II III II III II III II III >> > brad@smithpiano.com >> > 603-494-4147 >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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