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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joseph Alkana RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Jon Page" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jonpage@comcast.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:57
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Hoisting pianos</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Although cribbing is suitable for large
structures, it wouldn't be <BR>> practical for a piano.<BR>> You would
still need a hoist to lift the piano in order to place the <BR>> cribbing
underneath.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#ff0000 size=3>Why? That's what the
jacks are for! Don't you get the idea of incremental raising??<BR></FONT>> So
why not go with the hoist which is directly over the glass wall <BR>> with
ropes to guide<BR>> the load to either side of the wall.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4>Sure. If the support
hook holds.<BR></FONT>> <BR>> Alternatively, some sort of boom but that
would entail some beefy construction.<BR>> <BR>> Hopefully there is attic
space so that beams can be run across the <BR>> rafters to support<BR>> a
large eye bolt. But it's probably a vaulted ceiling.<BR>> -- <BR>>
<BR>> Regards,<BR>> <BR>> Jon Page<BR>></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>