<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>Warren asks:</DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"><FONT size=2> <DIV>I have a question. How do you protect the inside of the rim while you are cycling the plate in and out. I have some ideas but would like to know what the consensus is on it.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Any or all of the following:</DIV> <DIV>1.  carefullly align the hoist to the piano (or the piano to the hoist), including rotationally.</DIV> <DIV>2.  slip some thin plastic (sections cut from trash can, scraps of vinyl siding, etc.) between the plate and the rim in the areas most likely to contact.  You can tape them to the rim with masking tape on old well cured finish, but not if it is very fresh and fragile.</DIV> <DIV>3.  Stick some 1/4" diameter brass or steel rod through the plate holes into the rim bolt holes for gross alinment.</DIV> <DIV>4.  Station an assistant across from you.</DIV> <DIV>5.  Go slowly and check alignment often.</DIV> <DIV>6.  The first time the plate is out, check around its perimeter for any roughness or bumps, sand or grind them smooth.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>