<html><div style='background-color:'> <DIV> David, I struggled with locating the plate puller on a Stnwy D plate and an SD10 and finally called Christian B to find out if it was possible.  It is possilbe, but a bit awkward.  He suggests putting a couple of boxes of tuning pins at the rear of the plate to counter-balance it.  This works OK, but the placement of the puller puts it in a position where it contacts the bridge.  Perhaps one could get the counter-balance weight in such a position as to locate the puller to not contact the bridge, but I decided not to use it because it seems a bit risky to me.  What if the boxes of tuning pins fall off, etc.  Terry,  In reply to the use of the puller to invert the plate, I would say there's no safe way to accomplish this.  Using a strap, which is rated strong enough for the weight, through a blow hole, is much safer. Cheers, Michael   <DIV>                Michael C. Spreeman <A href="http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com/">http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #a0c6e5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <HR color=#a0c6e5 SIZE=1> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net> Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org> To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: RE: Bolduc Plate Flipper Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:11:25 -0800 <META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator> <STYLE> p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} p {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} span.EmailStyle18 {font-family:Arial;color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in;margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </STYLE> <DIV class=Section1> I didn’t know it was supposed to flip the plate, just lift it.  My question is has anyone lifted a “D” plate with it or would you trust it to lift one.   <DIV> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com </DIV> -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terence Miller Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:33 PM To: pianotech list Subject: Bolduc Plate Flipper   Dear List: Many of us know and love Bolduc's Plate Lifter. I wonder how does one likewise safely and effectively flip said lifted plate so as to allow work on the underside? Terry Miller   <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=1> </DIV> Want to start your own business? Learn how on <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http:/smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index">Yahoo! Small Business.</A> </DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></div> <hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2749??PS=47575" target="_top">Use your PC to make calls at very low rates </a> </html>