<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What size is this grand? Anything longer than 5'10" could be a real disaster to attempt alone. Rent an engine hoist or get some students to help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Frankenberg</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chico Ca.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</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> Friday, June 21, 2002 2:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> removing plate</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>I have to take the plate out of grand piano. I don't have a hoist, and I don't have two other people to help me.  Has any one tipped the piano on it's side, and then upside down to take the plate out? Any other ideas? <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>