cracks in rim

[Michael Magness]

On 9/7/07, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:
>
> Depends on the size and how burly your lifters are. Use the same number
> you
> would use to put a piano on a skid. For a smallish grand 2 is fine. For a
> nine footer I'd use 4.
>
> Dean
>
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
>
> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
>
> Terre Haute IN  47802
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Barbara Richmond
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 9:55 AM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: cracks in rim
>
> Conrad, Dean,
>
> Either way, how many people does it take?
>
> Barbara
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: cracks in rim
>
>
> >
> >
> > Barbara Richmond wrote:
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>  No need to apologize.  I've been part of a grand moving team--no, not
> >> just to place the dolly--but, shucks, I must admit, I <am> pretty good
> at
>
> >> that!  :-)  I can do the pull down, but don't have much to offer on the
> >> lifting end.  It's hard for me to visualize how one inverts the piano.
> >> What do you do? Barbara Richmond
> >>
> >
> > Pretend you're putting it down on a skid and just keep going.
> > ;-}
> >
> > Adequately blanketed, etc.,  you could take it from the skid position on
> > it's side to inverted by using a tilter.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
> > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
> >
>
> You take the action out, lid off and lid hinges off the rim. Stand it up
> on
> the side as normal, then tip it on over. Make sure you have appropriate
> padding in place for where it comes down.
>
>
>
> First time I saw such cracks I realized that they make them with that way,
> with the outer rim assembled at the end. That means the inner rim must be
> designed to handle all the stress by itself with the outer rim serving
> primarily a cosmetic function.
>
>
>
> Dean
>
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
>
> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
>
> Terre Haute IN  47802
>
>
>
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> ----
>
> One more thing to consider, how to you pick it up afterward? It's a good
idea to put some blocks of wood under the padding so the piano is elevated a
few inches off the floor. You then have room to put your fingers underneath
the piano when the time comes to lift it back up!

Mike

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Michael Magness
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www.IFixPianos.com
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