Hoisting pianos

[Sid Blum]

Greg-

There's all kinds of of opinionated and well 
informed advice out there if you could give them 
a picture.(photo of the room)

Sid


>Upcoming I have a job which requires hoisting a 
>piano over 20 feet in the air to clear a glass 
>wall and put a grand into a choir loft. There is 
>no way the piano will go up the stairs. The 
>donated piano I put a block in needs to go up 
>and the old grand comes down. A contractor 
>member of the church will install a hook in the 
>ceiling for me. I was thinking of using some 
>sort of block and tackle arrangement but thought 
>I would tap into the collective expertise of the 
>list first.
>Before it's suggested we thought of a fork lift 
>but it is too heavy to roll over the ceramic 
>tile in the foyer and the marble tile in the 
>church. It's also too tall for the double front 
>doors of the church even if they were removed. A 
>scissor lift is pretty much the same story as is 
>other similar machines.
>Thanks in advance for your responses.
>
>Greg Newell
>Greg's Piano Forté
>www.gregspianoforte.com
>216-226-3791 (office)
>216-470-8634 (mobile)
>
>2003,04,05 & 06 winners of
>Angie's List Super Service Award


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Sid Blum
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