<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE=
="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/28/03 12:29:35 PM Central Standar=
d Time, ed440@mindspring.com writes:<BR>
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ZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> That is w=
hy I use 3 (three) jacks instead of only one. You can suspend the pian=
o completely above the truck, position the arms very carefully, then gradual=
ly lower it so that the weight lands on the truck arms a little bit at a tim=
e, similar to what you can do with the Jansen transporter. The transpo=
rter is great, but expensive, large and heavy. Three jacks with suppor=
t columns can be made for less than $40, are small and easy to carry, and us=
eful for other lifting jobs around the shop. Unlike the transporter, y=
ou can't roll a piano around on them.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style=
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p; Ed</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff=
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Wow. I might be willing to try to put a small grand on three jacks. But a co=
ncert grand? That would scare me. Too great a rist that the piano will shift=
. And besides, why spend $40 on three jacks, when one jack will do the job, =
but take a few minutes more.<BR>
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But, to each his own, I guess.<BR>
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Wim </FONT></HTML>