[pianotech] Tool for plate removal

[Terry Farrell]

That sounds like mounting overkill to me William - all you really need  
is a couple good anchors in the drywall!   ;-)

Well, maybe in your dreams that is. Your method sounds similar to how  
I have mine mounted to the ceiling. I have two 4X4s traversing four  
joists with a 1/4" steel plate spanning the two 4X4s (you can see the  
4X4s on either side of the chainfall and the plate on top of them).  
Then I have a large (some number of tons) cast eye bolt going through  
the plate with a nut or two on the other side. Pretty solid setup I  
think.

Terry Farrell

On Apr 1, 2010, at 8:07 AM, William Monroe wrote:

> I also use a chain fall.  An old Yale taken from my fathers trucking  
> company - they used it for truck engines so.........I think I'm  
> good.  ;-]
>
> I use moving straps for attaching to the plate, and my hoist is  
> mounted with a piece of plate steel that spans two joists (2"x12")  
> in the ceiling.  It has no perceptible flex, even when pulling a 9'  
> plate like the one shown.  I didn't shorten my chain, but it is  
> short enough already to not drag on the plate in the "all the way  
> out" position.  Then I hooked up a couple pulleys and a string with  
> a caribiner.  Caribiner clips to the pull chain when not in use, and  
> the string pulls down on a wall and onto a hook to keep the chain up  
> and out of the way.
>
> William R. Monroe