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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jim,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here at our shop we have a tool just for that
purpose. It isn't very portable though but you may be able to adapt the idea
into something that works for you. It is made from 1/2 inch plate steel (pretty
heavy stuff) about 20 x 22.5 inches, with 2 steel bars welded on one side about
6 foot long that meet up the top in an inverted V shape. There is a handle
welded on at the top. It looks a bit like a trolley they would use to move a
fridge, but without the wheels. The idea is you put the flat plate steel part
under the piano near the end you want to lift and as you pull the lever
back, it moves the plate onto it's side, lifting one end of the piano at
the same time. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've attached a diagram. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alastair</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Lawson's Pianos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wangaratta.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Australia</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net">James
Johnson</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> Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Lifting upright piano</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I frequently move console, spinet and
studio upright pianos and I have trouble lifting one end of the piano up
the first 10 or 12 inches. Once I get it up where I can regain my
purchase, I can easily lift it up the rest of the way to where the dolly will
fit under the middle of the piano. Do any of you know of any type of
lever system that would lift the piano that first amount? It needs to be
portable and easy to use. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, Jim
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