<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> We used to move quite a few pianos, including several times with a sign crane. We did it just infrequently enough so that it never ceased to be exciting :-) We strapped them down tight to a heavy, home made, un-upholstered upright skid board, then ran heavy canvas buckle straps around each end of the skid which met at the center of the piano's lid (You'll want extra padding here). The crane's hook grabs both these straps together, and the straps should be tight enough so that you have to work pretty hard to feed the hook under them.. The skid had "stops" that constrained the straps at either end, at about the location of the rear casters. We'd strap the whole shebang to a heavy dolly and then strap that into a little pickup, and often the crane operator would make the pick right out of the back of the truck! Do be careful - you're talkin' a heavy piano, there! Mark (glad his movin' days are over) Dierauf Concord, NH Prof. Euphonious Thump wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3C811199.70841.qm@web34410.mail.mud.yahoo.com%3E" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Got one ( Ampico upright ) to get over a second story balcony railing. planning on renting sign crane. Thanks! Thump </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>