Hoisting pianos

[Joseph Alkana]

Obviously the latter. I wouldn't trust a household mover to even move my 
piano across town let alone lift one 20 feet over a balcony. Whether that 
method is possible in your situation only an expert can advise, however, 
given enough access to material I might be inclined to experiment a bit.. 
Hmmmmmm.
Joseph Alkana RPT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell at ameritech.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Hoisting pianos


> Joseph,
>         It does sound interesting. I will probably talk to a house mover 
> as you suggest. Just to be sure we're on the same page are we talking 
> about people who move households or people who move buildings we call 
> homes?
>
> best,
> Greg
>
>
>
> At 11:28 AM 9/2/2007, you wrote:
>>Cribbing is the term applied to wood or steel beams that are placed under 
>>the object to be moved after the jacks have lifted the object to a certain 
>>height to allow for the placement of the cribbing. Then repeated until you 
>>get the object to the height desired. I've looked for examples on the 
>>internet but so far no pictures of extreme heights objects have been 
>>lifted to. Yes I imagine it would be a lot of work, but is quite safe when 
>>proper materials and techniques are used. That's why I suggested you ask a 
>>house mover about using that technique.
>>Joseph Alkana RPT
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell at ameritech.net>
>>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 9:28 PM
>>Subject: Re: Hoisting pianos
>>
>>
>>>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)
>>>>>
>>>>>2003,04,05 & 06 winners of
>>>>>Angie's List Super Service Award
>>>>>
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> 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
>
>
>