<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi all,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ed's description of his moving devise inspired me. I have been mulling the idea of trying to do solo grand moves for small grands - just from room to room within the department - for a while. It is just so much hassle to arrange for a mover to do it, what with purchase request, calling the mover, informing everyone when the mover says he will be here, and worrying about whether the right piano will actually get moved to the right room. And, of course, there is the money involved.<br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Anyhow, Ed's design got me thinking, and I had a bit of time and some scrap materials around my home shop, so I went for it. I modified Ed's design by adding a couple of "spokes" and attaching some rubber from bicycle innertube to the bottoms of the 2 x 4s. The additional spokes allow for the piano to be set in a number of intermediate positions, and the dollie placement adjusted as needed. All photos taken with nobody else around: the piano was quite stable in all positions. <br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I decided to attach it to the keybed using those Kawai/Yamaha keyblock screws. I like Ed's idea of C clamps (having reomved the action) for a larger piano. THis is just a 5' Gulbransen I am hoping to see the last of in a couple weeks (going to a good retirement life in a dining room or something like that). ALso, as part of my minimalist moving design, the lid is held in place with a piece of gaffer's tape. And the piano is simply tilted straight onto a dollie (no skid, dollie kept from shifting with rubber wedges under the wheels).<br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This was a very secure feeling operation, tilting onto the dollie and then raising it upright again.<br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I am attaching the first four photos to this post. Five more will follow in a second post.<br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Fred Sturm</div><div>University of New Mexico</div><div><br><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><img height="240" width="324" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:52A85AB8-2ED7-42ED-BBF3-11DD051BD266@unm.edu"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><img height="240" width="324" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:6873F1BF-6FF9-474F-BD51-088E79AD0974@unm.edu"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><img height="240" width="324" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:9EE1515C-302B-417E-BB83-C9344661C0AD@unm.edu"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><img height="240" width="324" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:1EE0C09D-77CD-403A-8681-AF950D532C21@unm.edu"></div></div></body></html>