Hoisting pianos

[Greg Newell]

Sid,
         That's a great idea!!!! I'll have to do 
that when I get closer to the move date. Thanks for the idea!


best,
Greg Newell



At 06:34 PM 9/1/2007, you wrote:
>Greg-
>
>There's all kinds of of opinionated and well 
>informed advice out there if you could give them a picture.(photo of the room)
>
>Sid
>
>
>>Upcoming I have a job which requires hoisting a 
>>piano over 20 feet in the air to clear a glass 
>>wall and put a grand into a choir loft. There 
>>is no way the piano will go up the stairs. The 
>>donated piano I put a block in needs to go up 
>>and the old grand comes down. A contractor 
>>member of the church will install a hook in the 
>>ceiling for me. I was thinking of using some 
>>sort of block and tackle arrangement but 
>>thought I would tap into the collective expertise of the list first.
>>Before it's suggested we thought of a fork lift 
>>but it is too heavy to roll over the ceramic 
>>tile in the foyer and the marble tile in the 
>>church. It's also too tall for the double front 
>>doors of the church even if they were removed. 
>>A scissor lift is pretty much the same story as is other similar machines.
>>Thanks in advance for your responses.
>>
>>Greg Newell
>>Greg's Piano Forté
>>www.gregspianoforte.com
>>216-226-3791 (office)
>>216-470-8634 (mobile)
>>
>>2003,04,05 & 06 winners of
>>Angie's List Super Service Award
>
>
>--
>Sid Blum
>sid at sover.net

Greg Newell
Greg's Piano Forté
www.gregspianoforte.com
216-226-3791 (office)
216-470-8634 (mobile)

2003,04,05 & 06 winners of
Angie's List Super Service Award