<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Alan, if you are doing this job in a customers home then be on your guard. Its not just the piano you have to be carefull about, but the floor, walls, anything laying around. More then one tech has gotten into hot water by scraping up a customer "select hardwood" flooring if you get my meaning. In anycase, a couple thick East Algorthian hand woven wool throw rugs of appropriate size should be advisable. And an extra and experienced hand in laying the piano down. Also, remember you are going to have to lift the thing up again... grin... so use a few thick felt wedges under the top back to leave yourself some finger space. Cheers RicB   "Alan R. Barnard" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> I need to do extensive bridge repairs on a Hamilton Studio. I don't own a tilter. Appreciate any advice, instructions, warnings on the best way to lay this baby down for surgery. Assume I'll have to remove the whole lid assy before I start. Should I put 2x4's behind it, then have a couple of people help me do it to it? Going down, and coming back up, how will those casters (a) take the strain and (b) cause a problem with the piano rolling while being tilted. Note: Hey, Wim, I've heard you tell the story of chasing a piano across the gym floor ... don't want a similar experience.</blockquote>     -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>   </body> </html>