<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=296412221-14082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Jeff,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=296412221-14082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=296412221-14082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I've used a shop crane for pulling plates quite a few times. An example is here: <A href="http://ww2.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93840">http://ww2.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93840</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=296412221-14082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It folds up pretty compactly for storage.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=296412221-14082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>DP</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=296412221-14082008> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dale Probst, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Midwestern State University</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeff Farris<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Cc:</B> linnroath@mail.utexas.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] existing pins<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hey list,<BR><BR>One more post about restringing with existing pins. We had a lot of good points brought up last time. I like Jon Page’s beckett tool, for instance. <BR><BR>This time I’m 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 we’ve never attempted using the existing pins. It happens to be a “D”. I’m concerned about the angle of the pins vs. the nosebolts. And holding all that weight long enough to deal with any “problems” that pop up.  Any thoughts on this? Has anyone ever done it?<BR><BR>Jeff Farris<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>UT Austin<BR><A href="jfarris@mail.utexas.edu">jfarris@mail.utexas.edu</A><BR>512-471-0158<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>