Grand piano repair quest

[Ted_Sambell@BanffCentre.AB.CA]

        Reply to:   RE>Grand piano repair question
Qavid,
I would strongly recommend an item from Fletcher & Newman, Cat. no. G636.
It is called a grand raiser and is basically like an auto scissors jack
mounted on a steel tripod. The weight is quite light and its lifting
capacity is 1.5 tons. We bought three at the Banff Centre and would not be
without them. The address is:

H.J. Fletcher and Newman LTD.
Unit 10A
Dartford Trade Park
Powder Mill Lane
Dartford, Kent
U. K. DA1 1QB

Phone: Dartford (0322) 226441
Fax: Dartford (0322) 278978

The easiest way to do business with them is by credit card. The cost was
roughly $100 Canadian each.

I hope this is helpful,
Ted_Sambell@banffcentre.ab.ca
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Date: 4/30/96 16:17
To: Ted Sambell
From: pianotech
Dear Friends on Pianotech,

I have a problem:

-1930's Vose and Sons 5'7" grand (in poor condition) in a town 25 miles
away
-2 broken strings on said piano
-about a dozen loose tuning pins in bass section (From dry winter)
-long screw running through leg plate into bass end of keyframe
-removal of action impossible because of long screw
-repair of loose tuning pins and replacement of strings not possible
because of
     inability to remove action and support pinblock with pinblock jack
-twice set up time to have several people assist in repair (remove leg,
remove
     screw, reinstall leg), but no luck in making connections with helpers

Question:  Is it possible for one person to remove and replace a grand
piano
leg by themselves (and live to tell about it) and if so, what is the proper
procedure?

Thank you for your indulgence of my Associate-level Question.

Sincerely,


David A. Vanderhoofven
dkvander@clandjop.com
Joplin, Missouri, USA
Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild
web page:  http://www.clandjop.com/~dkvander/