<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Concert Grand Trucks</title></head><body> <div>Fred,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Thanks a lot. I believe everything is clear to me except one thing.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><x-tab>        </x-tab>I've done this solo a few times. I just use a sawhorse (I have a nice folding metal one with a flat top to it, wide enough to hold a piece of 2 x 6) and some 2 x 4's and wedges for shims. Horse under the area next to each leg in turn, raising high enough to pop the caster and fit the truck arm under. I usually need one or two pieces of two by material on top of the horse to achieve the right height.<b> Shim under that arm of the truck, so when you lower the piano onto it, the other arms don't rise.</b></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>The first part of the final sentence above is what I'm not quite sure of.</div> <div>I understand not wanting the other legs to rise.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Hey, Maybe I just clicked. Do you mean to shim between the floor and the underside of the arm where the leg sits?</div> <div><br></div> <div>Avery</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Do each leg in turn.<br> <x-tab>    </x-tab>Lift the piano with your thighs - sitting with your legs under the piano, go "up on your toes." I usually need a piece or two of two by material under my toes to make the lift high enough, but that will vary with your leg size. My sawhorse just fits under the keybed or rim, so I have it in place before lifting. I also have a couple 2 x 6 scraps sitting on top of the horse, just next to the piano's edge, which I just slide over into place while the piano is lifted with my legs.<br> <x-tab>       </x-tab>Really quite easy and quick, once you master to the technique. If this hasn't been clear enough, let me know.<br> Hope this helps,<br> Regards,<br> Fred Sturm<br> University of New Mexico<br> <br> --On Friday, March 28, 2003 8:40 AM -0600 Avery Todd <atodd@UH.EDU> wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite>List,<br> <br> Does anyone have any suggestions on the best/easiest way to install<br> a 9' grand onto a grand truck? We're buying two for our 'D's in the<br> major hall here and I've never had to install one under that large<br> a piano. I could hire my movers to do them but if I could do it<br> myself (with help, of course) I'd rather not spend the money.<br> <br> If someone could furnish me with a possible subject line, I'd also<br> be more than willing to search for this in the archives. Surely it's<br> been discussed in the last several years. :-)<br> <br> Thanks for the help, either way.<br> <br> Regards,<br> Avery<br> _______________________________________________<br> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br> <br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</blockquote> <div><br></div> </body> </html>