Hoisting pianos

[PAULREVENKOJONES]

Greg:

I thought I had some pictures of the type of cantilever hoist I referred to, but apparently I don't. If you want some direct advice, call Henry or Al at C&D Moving here in Chicago at 773/725-3880. They've done a lot of hoisting.

Paul

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In a message dated 09/01/07 23:14:49 Central Daylight Time, gnewell at ameritech.net writes:
Ron, 
        The vaulted ceiling above the glass wall 
leave more than enough swing room with plenty to spare. Very high ceilings! 

Greg Newell 



At 11:18 AM 9/1/2007, you wrote: 

>>Terry, 
>>         I thought of that but no one around is 
>> old enough to have seen it go up. :-( 
>>The contractor/parishioner will be poking 
>>through the ceiling plaster to install either a 
>>hook or a beam clamp and the rest is up to me. 
>>I like the idea of this challenge but perhaps 
>>what I'm thinking of is not the only way. Thanks for the reply! 
>>Greg Newell 
> 
>It likely went up before something was built, a 
>glass wall, perhaps, or a repositioned stairway, 
>that precludes it coming down the same way. 
> 
>The hook thing worries me some. Will it be high 
>enough to allow some lateral swing when the 
>piano is as high as it needs to be to clear the 
>wall/railing? Getting it up is less than half the problem. 
>Ron N 

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