Hoisting pianos

[Joseph Alkana]

Joseph Alkana RPT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:57 AM
Subject: Hoisting pianos


> 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.
Why? That's what the jacks are for! Don't you get the idea of incremental raising??
> 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.
Sure. If the support hook holds.
> 
> 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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