Plate-in and out

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Hello all,

After years of removing and installing grand plates by standing the piano on
its side and tipping the plate out I've decided that me and my back are too
old for such foolishness and I purchased a good chain hoist, lifting straps
etc. Now, can anyone tell me the secret for hooking the damn thing up so that
the plate will raise in a suitably flat plane,e.i., not tilted one way or the
other or too low in the back?

Paul Dempsey
Marshall University
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