ramp

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/26/00 7:03:08 AM Central Daylight Time, 
jonpage@mediaone.net writes:

<< I have a project to make a ramp for a church to get a D
 from the seating level up to the center 12" riser .
 
 A truck is a good start. I figure a ramp of 8' x 6' would do the
 trick for 3 or 4 guys to make the transition.
 
 The ramp would consist of four 4' x 3' sections.
 
 Thanks,
 Jon Page,   piano technician >>


Jon:

If the piano is only going to be moved once, and stay there, I would 
recommend you tell the church to hire a moving company, and under your 
guidance, move the piano onto the stage the "normal" way, (put it on a skid 
board and let the movers do the heavy lifting). If this is going to be a 
regular occurrence, like every week or so, get a professional carpenter to 
built a ramp.

In other words. Let "professionals" do their jobs, and make the church pay 
for it. This is not intended as a put down of you. Maybe you are perfectly 
capable of moving 9' Steinways and building ramps. But unless you are, don't 
try to do everything having to do with pianos, just because you tune and 
rebuild them.  :)

Wim