[pianotech] Plate Removal with an engine hoist?

[reggaepass at aol.com]

The shop at the school where I work has similar limitations and I have used an engine hoist to pull plates for many years. One of the disadvantages of the hoist is that it doesn't really lift straight up (the longer the throw, the less straight)  Keep that in mind--you may want to slightly reposition either the piano (if it's on good wheels, I find this preferable) or the hoist.  Oh, and "use protection" where the inside of the rim is concerned. 


Alan E.


P. S. Make sure you have an adequate amount of hydraulic fluid in the hoist, preferably beFORE you get started.  Guess how I learned this?


ae


-----Original Message-----
From: Boaz Kirschenbaum <pianotuner at gmail.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, Oct 26, 2010 5:56 am
Subject: [pianotech] Plate Removal with an engine hoist?


Hello


I will be replacing a pinblock in a small  remote country workshop that is not equipped with a sufficient ceiling or beams to handle a traditional hoisting arrangement for plate removal/reinstallation. Has anyone tried a free-standing automobile engine hoist for this procedure? The one I am lookign at has a 78 3/4in max height.


http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200305491_200305491


Thanks!


 
Boaz Kirschenbaum, RPT
Cherry Tree Piano
PO Box 1304
West Tisbury, MA 02575
(508) 939-0629
www.cherrytreepiano.com




 


 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101026/f8f3c402/attachment.htm>