Hoisting pianos

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Terrry,
Thats the easy part.
Two cribs to get up and over the wall then down, and a ramp  (plank )
Perhaps several dowels
under the piano to walk the plank. I mean roll the piano down the plank.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: Hoisting pianos


> I suppose the cribbing method could work to make the piano go up and down.
I
> wonder though how one would make the piano migrate horizontally while at
its
> highest point. That would be quite a trick!
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >         This is starting to sound kind cool! Cribbing would be needed on
> > the other side of the glass wall too. I bet we'd get lots of Oooo's and
> > Ahhh's doing it this way. Would take quite a while though. I wonder what
> > cost effectiveness this would have compared to a hoist of some sort.
> > Either way it's gonna cost 'em. :-)
> >
> > Greg Newell
>
>