<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Piano truck= installation</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY>I just use a concrete block. David= I. <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: Ken Zahringer= <ZAHRINGERK@MISSOURI.EDU> To: College and University= Technicians <CAUT@PTG.ORG> Received: Mon, 20 Jun 2005= 16:28:39 -0500 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano truck= installation Hey, Lance, You have two good ways to go here.=  One would be to order a “Jack in the Box” from Jansen.=  That is the simple way.  Or you could build a post to= put your hydraulic jack on, which is what I did several years= ago.  I used 3” deck screws to screw eight 2X4s together= (actually two sets of four), then put a 3/4” plywood cap and= base on it to hold the two sides together, and 1/2” plywood= front and back to also hold the sides together and to make up= the difference between the width of two 2X4s side by side and= four of them back to back, making a 7X7 post.  Then drill= some holes in the web of the base of the jack and screw the jack= to the top of the post.  I think it took me 30-45 minutes= to put it together.  A picture is attached. The= bottom line: I wouldn’t use anything but a hydraulic jack to= lift a piano leg.  It’s easy, and you’re in total control= going up and coming down.  Lift one leg at a time, remove= the caster, and slip the truck under the leg.  You may have= to take the leg off to get the caster off, depending on what’s= there.  You don’t have to remove the caster socket.=  You don’t have to remove the lyre.  Kathy Smith gave= a class last week where she covered this.  Her Tip of the= Day:  put a piece of 2X4 under the truck, right under the= leg, before you set the leg down.  Then the leg doesn’t= lift the rest of the truck off the ground, and into the bottom= of the piano.  Now why didn’t I think of that? Have= fun, Ken Z. On 6/20/05 3:36 PM, "llafargue"= <llafargue@charter.net> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>I am= ordering a piano truck/dolly system from Pianotek for a Steinway= D in a University hall here.  I have never installed one= from scratch and not sure of the smartest and safest way.=  I know I have to take each leg off to remove the casters.=  Also that the lyre should be off.  I have car/piano= stationary jacks to hold it up (only have 2) and I have a= hydraulic jack.  I also have a portable engine hoist that I= could lug there from my shop if necessary.=     Any experienced voices would be appreciated.=  Thanks in advance.     <FONT= size=4>Lance Lafargue, RPT <FONT= face=Garamond> <FONT= size=4>LAFARGUE PIANOS,= LTD New Orleans Chapter,= PTG <SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"> <FONT= face="Times New Roman">985.72P.IANO <FONT= face=Garamond> llafargue@charter.net <FONT= face=Garamond> www.lafarguepianos.com <A= href="http://www.lafarguepianos.com/"><http://www.lafarguepia= nos.com></A> <SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"> <FONT= face="Times New Roman"> <SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"> <FONT= face="Times New Roman"> <SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"> </BLOCKQUOTE><FONT= face=Garamond> -- Ken= Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297= Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529 <HR> <CENTER><IMG src="mhtml:file://C:\Documents and Settings\David= Ilvedson\Local= Settings\Temp\xPlus\7049015A-AC40-4AC3-9197-FC51B4306C5F.mht!CID= :{F34DBF09-C409-4F5B-9D10-24A1FB42147C}/P1010053.JPG"></CENTER></= DIV></BODY></HTML>