Flipping a grand piano upside down

[Terry]

Will the piano be in your shop? Do you have some sort of plate-lifting
device (chain-fall or something similar)?

Terry Farrell

> Greetings!
>
> I am needing to do a rim repair on a grand piano, and am wondering about
> flipping the piano upside down.  I vaguely recollect at a convention a few
> years ago that there was a device similar to an upright piano tilter, but
> it was designed for grands.  Does anyone routinely flip pianos upside
> down?  If so, what is your method for doing so?  Or do you usually let the
> movers handle such jobs?
>
> Thanks for your replies!
> David Vanderhoofven