<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/27/2007 12:56:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rnossaman@cox.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I've always thought a differential hoist was one of the <BR>slickest ideas ever. It's on my list of genius inventions I <BR>wish I'd have thought of, except for the excess chain <BR>slithering over the piano/plate. I passed one up at an estate <BR>sale some years back for that reason. Now I wish I'd have <BR>gotten it anyway, and just set a plastic trash can or <BR>something on the plate to catch and feed the chain. Older, but <BR>not always wiser.<BR><BR>Ron N<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Hi, Ron -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yes, it's a pretty cool invention!  (Note the plastic bucket in the photo in my previous post.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">~ Tom McNeil ~<BR>Vermont Piano Restorations<BR>VermontPiano.com<BR><BR>346 Camp Street<BR>Barre, VT 05641<BR>(802) 476-7072</FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>