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<DIV>Hi, Jeff and Colleagues -</DIV>
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<DIV>When I arrived at my post at SUNY Fredonia years ago, there was no hoisting
arrangement. I contacted the phys plant's 'head carpenter' about my
needs. Within a couple days he and a crew arrived. They drilled a
hole in the concrete floor of the clarinet professor's studio immediately over
my shop space. Then they installed a heavy duty eye bolt at the center of
my shop ceiling, with the nut (not the clarinet guy!) upstairs in
the studio. That was "buttered over" with concrete patch and the
carpet laid back over it. This all happened between semesters and the
clarinet prof never even knew about it! He and I became friends and
eventually talked about it. He said he wondered what that strange noise
was coming from his floor every once in a while. I confessed it was my
chainfall, and he was quite OK with it. Hoisted many plates over the
years, and even whole concert grands.</DIV>
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<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
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/14/2008 3:22:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Jfarris@mail.utexas.edu writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2><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
title=http://jfarris@mail.utexas.edu
href="mip://021bcaf8/jfarris@mail.utexas.edu">jfarris@mail.utexas.edu</A><BR>512-471-0158<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? <A title="http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007" href="http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007" target="_blank">Read reviews on AOL Autos</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>