Hoisting pianos

Greg Newell gnewell at ameritech.net
Mon Sep 3 19:15:29 MDT 2007


Oh I See! The chain is an integral part of the 
hoist then. Well that's an interesting part I was 
unaware of. More homework needed obviously.

Greg


At 04:05 PM 9/3/2007, you wrote:

>>Ron,
>>         Really good info. Question. Can these 
>> things be made or do they exist as rope hoist 
>> instead of chain? I'd think the right diameter 
>> rope would be plenty strong enough.
>>Greg
>
>With rope, you're back to block and tackle 
>unless you can find rope that engages the hoist 
>sprocket so it doesn't slip under load.
>
>Ron N

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