<div>All,<br> <br> I have had to do some "strange" moves before but nothing like this. I'd like to see how it goes. Good luck and take lots of pics.</div> <div>This sounds like a good topic for a national convention class or even local/state seminars. It would be great to have a class on the "toughest piano moves of the year" along with pictures and discussion of what worked, what did not work and why. Besides getting a piano to and from where is needs to be, I believe the priority should always be the safety of the movers, piano and surroundings and in that order<br>  <br> <br> Pete Coleman<br> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 2:04 am<br> Subject: Re: Hoisting pianos<br> <br> </div> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_58f93e1f-572a-4587-bee1-dcea0e9eab2b style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">I think he means the technique by which one jacks a large object up at three or four points maybe four inches or so at a time and shoves a 4x4 timber in place after each jacking session. <br>  <br> I have used this method several times over the years to jack a 6,000 lb. sailboat up about three to four feet off the ground so that I could back a trailer under it and its cradle. Cradle is supported at four points. Jack one corner up four inches with a little hydraulic car jack (or really any jack you can get under there), shove a 4x4 under it, take jack out. Move on to next corner. Repeat. Repeat this procedure about 50+ times and you are there! I have done this completely unassisted. <br>  <br> However, I'm not sure how this method would work jacking something up to a second story! Hmmmmmm, don't think so. Maybe he was thinking of something else......... <br>  <br> Terry Farrell <br>  <br> ----- Original Message ----- > This is interesting. What do you mean by cribbing? I've not heard > that term before. I suppose I could continue to add height to a platform > being built underneath the piano as we go. Sounds like a lot of work > though.  <br> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aim/en-us/index.htm" target="_blank"><b>Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail</b></a> -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.<br /> </div>