<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>They are not that expensive, either.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Andre Bolduc used one in a class he gave, where him and his son replaced a pinblock.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I think they did it in 2 hours. Of course a lot of pre work had been done.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It might have been 4 hours.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The memory is not as it was. :-)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 08, 2004 3:24 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pulling Plates</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R.Cromwell said: "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>While I am familiar with using a hoist attached to steel rafters as one<BR>method of removing a plate from a grand piano, has anyone tried using an<BR>engine crane to achieve the same goal?  Is it feasible or am I crazy - or<BR>both?<BR><BR> <BR><BR>Gazing doubtfully at a poorly supported ancient wooden rafter,"</FONT><BR><BR>R.C.,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've used a "cherry picker", (the collapsible type), a couple of times, when doing work in another techs shop that didn't have a winch, etc. Worked just fine. They can be rented and are not that difficult to use/set up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>