Tilting Pianos

[Barrie Heaton]

Hi Mitch

If your schools  are like ours the floors are very slippery  a piano 
tilting bench  is the best and safest way.

Since you do not have one at hand, the way I have done it in the past is 
take a sturdy wooded box, big enough so you can use tools under the 
piano to do the job. Lift bass end of the piano up and place the box 
under the end pass the castors this will tilt the piano so you can work 
on it,  I put the opposite end to where I was working up to a wall so if 
the piano starts to slip it will not go far, I had a piece of 6"x4"x2' 
which I placed between the wall and the piano to stop it sliding. Yo 
need about 2' gap from the wall  to allow you to tilt the piano.

You will need some one to steady the piano wiles you work on it  to stop 
it rocking.  The box I used was about 18" high about 18" deep   and 
about 2' 6" long

Doing it this way is less hard work on your back. than tipping it right 
over and you don't put and pressure on the finish surface as you would 
tipping it  all the way over.  2 of you can do it this way I use to lay 
on my back to do the castors. Do one side then the other.

Hope this helps but a piano tilting bench should be at the top of your 
buying list.

Regards

Barrie,


In article <F1504TZyabYTHrduslu000004f1@hotmail.com>, Mitch Ruth 
<mitch_ruth@hotmail.com> writes
>Hello all.  I've been using the archives for a little while now and I'd like
>to join the fray.  I'm getting ready to do a caster replacement job on a
>Baldwin Hamilton in a local school.  I do not have a piano tilter as of yet.
> My plan is to get several helpers to put the piano on it's back (on blocks
>of course).  I would appreciate any caveats or suggestions from those of you
>with more experience.  Also, I think I should remove the action from the
>piano while doing this.  Thanks for any help.
>
>Mitch Ruth
>DeMossville, KY
>mitch_ruth@hotmail.com
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