[pianotech] Plate Removal with an engine hoist?

paul bruesch paul at bruesch.net
Tue Oct 26 12:33:14 MDT 2010


How about this style?
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200356723_200356723

Or, there is also a 1.5T version
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200349918_200349918

Or grow your own like a local area tech friend of mine did.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Boaz Kirschenbaum <pianotuner at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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/d9e209ce/attachment.htm>


More information about the pianotech mailing list

This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC