I don't recall ever having had help doing this, and I find it less of a hassle than levitating the dolly with one hand and getting it attached to a piano on it's end, with the other. Whatever works, and reasonably safely. Ron N David Ilvedson wrote: > 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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