Hi y¹all, Thanks for the input. I think we¹ve decided to just go ahead and replace the pins with lo-torque. We seldom would have need for a hoist or the room to keep one of those portable things from Harbor Freight. But that¹s why I put the idea out there for all to share. Jeff Farris Piano Technician School of Music UT Austin jfarris at mail.utexas.edu 512-471-0158 On 8/14/08 4:26 PM, "Ward & Probst, Inc" <wardprobst at wardprobst.com> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > I've used a shop crane for pulling plates quite a few times. An example is > here: http://ww2.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93840 > It folds up pretty compactly for storage. > DP > Dale Probst, RPT > Midwestern State University >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeff >> Farris >> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:19 PM >> To: College and University Technicians >> Cc: linnroath at mail.utexas.edu >> Subject: [CAUT] existing pins >> >> Hey list, >> >> One more post about restringing with existing pins. We had a lot of good >> points brought up last time. I like Jon Page¹s beckett tool, for instance. >> >> This time I¹m curious if anyone has pulled the plate, without a hoist, >> while leaving the existing tuning pins in place. We do not have means to >> mount anything like a wench or whatever to pull plates. We normally have our >> movers show up with enough manpower to simply lift them out, and set them >> back in place. But we¹ve never attempted using the existing pins. It happens >> to be a ³D². I¹m concerned about the angle of the pins vs. the nosebolts. >> And holding all that weight long enough to deal with any ³problems² that pop >> up. Any thoughts on this? Has anyone ever done it? >> >> Jeff Farris >> Piano Technician >> School of Music >> UT Austin >> jfarris at mail.utexas.edu >> 512-471-0158 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080815/6a236036/attachment.html
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