<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>Years ago I built a one-man-piano-loader inspired by a 1920&#39;s ad and photo for such in Harvey Roehl&#39;s "Player Piano Treasury". The gist of it was a platform carriage that would be in a vertical position for strapping the piano to, that would then tilt backward and lock into place when the electric winch was activated which drew it toward the cab. (The castered carriage rode on 2" channel steel tracks with stops at the ends which both kept it from falling off the back of the &#39;65 Chevy 3/4 ton (bed removed) this was built upon, AND provided a rotation point for the carriage to change orientation. ) I&#39;m sure it wasn&#39;t as easy to use as the "professional" one in that 1920&#39;s ad, but as long as someone could help me get the piano backed up to it (uprights were easiest) I could transport them, and then unload them at my shop, solo, saving
 greatly on arranging for help and paying for it.<br /><br />Thumpe</div></td></tr></table>            <div id="_origMsg_">
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                            Larry Fisher RPT &lt;larry_fisher@pdxtuner.com&gt;;                            <br>
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                            [pianotech] Transporting a piano                            <br>
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                            Wed, Oct 3, 2012 1:03:36 AM                            <br>
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<div>Hey Phil, when I was visiting PianoDisc (Music Systems Research) in 
California, they had strung backs stacked on pallets&nbsp; ............&nbsp; 
vertical pianos with out any cabinetry or furniture parts attached&nbsp; 
..........&nbsp; laying flat on top of each other.&nbsp; I’d say about five to a 
pallet.&nbsp; They were part of the output from their ..&nbsp; at the time&nbsp; 
........&nbsp; recently purchased M &amp; H piano factory in&nbsp; .......&nbsp; 
uh&nbsp; .....&nbsp; Haverville, MA&nbsp; me thinks.&nbsp; I’d surmise from that 
pile o’ pianos that it’s OK to ship them flat on their backs.</div>
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<div>I’d suspect that if you did this from an unheated storage unit after a week 
of sub zero weather you’ve have issues.&nbsp; I had issues with such weather but 
I’m not a piano and I moved from there in a mostly vertical position.</div>
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<div>Beers to ya.</div>
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