Hoisting pianos

[Greg Newell]

Terry,
         I'm leaving the hook or beam clamp up to 
the contractor dude but you can be sure I'll be 
looking at it closely before I ever use it. I'm 
thinking HIS insurance will have to cover that. 
He and I are working together on the project so I 
think we'll come up with something good. I've 
thought about the insurance angle too. I figure 
one way or the other the church is paying for it 
so either I have paperwork that they sign 
stipulating that they're covering it or I get 
quotes and they pay me the extra amount for a 
temporary rider of sorts.  The insurance thing 
was a concern of mine early on when I was 
thinking of driving in a fork lift over their 
ceramic tiled foyer floor and then the marble 
tiled sanctuary floor.  Nobody said it would be easy, eh?

best,
Greg Newell



At 08:45 PM 9/1/2007, you wrote:
>Fair enough! One other thought: I sure hope 
>someone is going to attach a hook more solidly 
>than simply screw something into a wooden beam. 
>IMHO it should be through bolted - and better 
>yet, whatever the hook is through bolted 
>through, that piece should be supported by several other beams.
>
>I hope you have the insurance worked out!   :-)
>
>I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but it sound 
>like a project with some potential pitfalls. 
>Good luck though. I hope you keep us posted. Pictures would be great!
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>>         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
>

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