For me the initial lift is the hardest so I don't want to do it more than I have to...I want what ever momentum I can get to continue up and over... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 11/3/2009 9:35:28 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Upright Piano Dolly >Here's how I've always done it. >Lift one end, get one dolly under the piano. Repeat on other >end. Place dollies as far outboard as possible. Lag them both >into the back of the piano. Stand piano on end. Bolt or screw >dollies to the bottom board, as close to the front as is >feasible. Remove existing casters. Set piano back down. Give >threshold ramp jump lecture. Submit invoice. I haven't screwed >the dolly to the toe yet, but it's an excellent suggestion if > it's doable. >There's usually some minor repair, like reattaching the side >of the piano, that prompted the compelling need for the dolly >in the first place. But that's another series of problems. >Ron N
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