<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Chrysler products still use them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Automobile junk yards are an inexpensive source.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Yes you do need wood fillers. I use scrap 6x6, and 2x6.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I always meant to make a sturdy box, to keep them in, as a previous Journal article had, in conjunction with a hydraulic jack.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>The box is used to give more height, instead of wood scraps.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>The scissor jack is much more controllable, up and down, and no fluid to leak.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 11, 2007 9:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re:GEE THANKS How ..oft.. a jack-in -the-box?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/11/2007 12:42:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:irs.pianos@earthlink.net">irs.pianos@earthlink.net</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>The Car Jack-scissors type  on a pedestal is a winner and I already have it in my van.If </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>      Wow! <EM>WELLL</EM>!...when you put in <EM><STRONG>automoble</STRONG></EM> terms and me, being an professtional auto mechanic's daughter,<EM>  (born and raised jacking up cars)</EM> (this is probably why I chose to be a piano mechanic<EM>)...well NOW</EM> I am not so afraid of this job anymore! </DIV> <DIV>    I  would like to thank everyone for the responses I got to this, One question: Is the scissors jack that some mention, the ones out of old Fords. Ford and Mercury were still equipping their cars with those as late as 1991. I can get one of those easy...My car <EM>has</EM> one! It seems though I would need some wood pieces with that as they wont go as high as the whole piano leg's height. unlesss I am thinking of another way of doing it.The stand jack is a good idea too! Any thing that'll hold up a car will hold up a piano, of course it has to be balanced safely/properly </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!</DIV> <DIV>Julia</DIV><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's free at <A title=http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503 href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>