Hoisting pianos

[Greg Newell]

Pete,
         I agree completely! Especially about the 
last sentence!! Thanks for the post.

all the best,
Greg Newell



At 11:13 AM 9/2/2007, you wrote:
>All,
>
>I have had to do some "strange" moves before but 
>nothing like this. I'd like to see how it goes. 
>Good luck and take lots of pics.
>This sounds like a good topic for a national 
>convention class or even local/state seminars. 
>It would be great to have a class on the 
>"toughest piano moves of the year" along with 
>pictures and discussion of what worked, what did 
>not work and why. Besides getting a piano to and 
>from where is needs to be, I believe the 
>priority should always be the safety of the 
>movers, piano and surroundings and in that order
>
>
>Pete Coleman
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 2:04 am
>Subject: Re: Hoisting pianos
>
>I think he means the technique by which one 
>jacks a large object up at three or four points 
>maybe four inches or so at a time and shoves a 
>4x4 timber in place after each jacking session.
>
>I have used this method several times over the 
>years to jack a 6,000 lb. sailboat up about 
>three to four feet off the ground so that I 
>could back a trailer under it and its cradle. 
>Cradle is supported at four points. Jack one 
>corner up four inches with a little hydraulic 
>car jack (or really any jack you can get under 
>there), shove a 4x4 under it, take jack out. 
>Move on to next corner. Repeat. Repeat this 
>procedure about 50+ times and you are there! I 
>have done this completely unassisted.
>
>However, I'm not sure how this method would work 
>jacking something up to a second story! Hmmmmmm, 
>don't think so. Maybe he was thinking of something else.........
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message ----- > This is 
>interesting. What do you mean by cribbing? I've 
>not heard > that term before. I suppose I could 
>continue to add height to a platform > being 
>built underneath the piano as we go. Sounds like a lot of work > though.
>
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