grand piano tilter (was piano horse, et al.)

[Greg Newell]

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I believe one of these is listed in Jansen's new catalogue. Just got it in 
the mail today!

Greg Newell


At 04:29 PM 1/31/2003, you wrote:

>The Piano horse looks like a good way to avoid the
>lyre-ability issues. But do any of you recall seeing
>a one-man grand piano tilter/mover @ the KC
>convention (years ago now?)...
>
>One guy can move a concert grand with this!
>
>I saw one of these grand piano tilters at the
>Kansas City convention, but never saw another
>one. I believe it was made of aluminum I-beams or
>some such material. A concert grand could be
>upped on its side by one man, and loaded into
>a moving truck w/electric winch inside.
>
>Once on this device it did not need to be tilted
>up to insert a dolly/or board, etc.
>
>For those you us looking to solve the grand piano
>moving dilemma a device such as this might be
>the answer.
>
>All I could find on the internet was an old post below.
>Perhaps it became the piano horse. The device I
>describe above is quite different.
>Richard
>
>MMD  Archives  August 1997  1997.08.28  13 Prev  Next
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>Plans for Grand Piano Tilter
>By Bob Hunt
>
>For Terry Smythe -- I built a grand piano tilter designed very similarly
>to the familiar upright piano tilter for just the reasons you described
>in MMD.
>
>It is designed to roll the piano from standing on its side, on padded
>8-inch blocks, to the normal horizontal position and height where the
>legs can be re-attached and the "tilter" removed from under the piano.
>It is a one-man operation even with a Mason and Hamlin 6-footer!
>
>The principle is that the center of gravity remains at about the same
>height, raising only a few inches as the piano goes from on its side to
>normal position.
>
>I have plans somewhere which I will try to find for you.
>
>Bob Hunt
>
>(Message sent Thu 28 Aug 1997, 19:15:28 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)
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Greg Newell
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