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 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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