Hoisting pianos

[Greg Newell]

Jon,
         This is still the way that I am leaning 
although the cribbing is intriguing. If they can 
install a beefy enough hook I'll be looking at 
some sort of hoist and guide ropes for sure. 
Takes much less time and you don't have that 
dangerous walk across some sort of platform. 
Though a block a tackle would work, Ron's 
suggestion of a differential hoist seems much 
better in that it locks if you let go. Question 
about that though is how do you change direction? 
Is there a lever on the hoist itself and if so, 
once you hang it on the hook it would seems 
pretty difficult to get back up there just to flip a lever.

best,
Greg



At 09:57 AM 9/3/2007, you wrote:
>Although cribbing is suitable for large 
>structures, it wouldn't be practical for a piano.
>You would still need a hoist to lift the piano 
>in order to place the cribbing underneath.
>So why not go with the hoist which is directly 
>over the glass wall with ropes to guide
>the load to either side of the wall.
>
>Alternatively, some sort of boom but that would 
>entail some beefy construction.
>
>Hopefully there is attic space so that beams can 
>be run across the rafters to support
>a large eye bolt. But it's probably a vaulted ceiling.
>--
>
>Regards,
>
>Jon Page

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