Hoisting pianos

[Greg Newell]

Joseph,
         This is interesting. What do you mean by 
cribbing? I've not heard that term before. I 
suppose I could continue to add height to a 
platform being built underneath the piano as we 
go. Sounds like a lot of work though.

best,
Greg




At 02:12 PM 9/1/2007, you wrote:
>You could hire a house mover to do the job. 
>Using cribbing and hydraulic jacks, that is, 
>building up squares of timber will get almost 
>anything well into the higher stratosphere. It's 
>possible to do the job by yourself, although it 
>would take a long time and require a lot of 
>muscle to carry that much timber into the 
>working space. I watched a program on the 
>History (?) channel where house movers lifted a 
>structure up and over a railroad trestle with this method. Fascinating.
>Joseph Alkana RPT
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell at ameritech.net>
>To: <Pianotech at ptg.org>; <Caut at ptg.org>; "MPT" 
><Mpt-list at masterpianotechnicians.org>
>Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:01 PM
>Subject: Hoisting pianos
>
>
>>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)
>>
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>

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