I get your question Ed, and yes, this is a danger. If the lid has a big overhang, or when time permits, it's probably best to remove the lid and hinges altogether. We have done that on many occasions. Sorry, forgot to mention this. ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:15 PM Subject: Re: Piano Moving > Peter writes: > > << Fit the skid onto the long side and ratchet up. We use a car jack fixed > to a stand these days, so that goes under the left cheek block. Jack left side > up and remove lyre. Remove left leg and drop down onto the skid. >> > > What keeps the skid board from pressing upwards against the lid when you > lower the piano to the floor? I have seen numerous moves like this and > repaired numerous hinges when the weight of the piano caused the skid board to tear > the screws out. > Also, FWIW, the Steinway factory method of turning the piano utilizes the > lyre as the pivot point. My current movers also do this, unless it is one of > my reproducers,(the lyre attaches to an irreplaceable iron span) or the lyre > tends to be marginal or really decorative). > After seeing a lot of D's turned on the lyre, I don't worry about the > smaller pianos, they have the same lyre as the big one but weigh a lot less. > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/399/six_degrees_of_tonality.html"> > MP3.com: Six Degrees of Tonality</A> > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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