Flipping a grand piano upside down

Dean May deanmay@pianorebuilders.com
Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:23:04 -0500


Be sure to also remove the hinge halves attached to the rim. If you don't
they will carry all of the weight of the piano when you flip it over and
bust out the rim. DAMHIK

Dean

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Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:41 AM
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Subject: Flipping a grand piano upside down


Remove the action, secure the lid prop stick against the strutt.
Remove lyre and bass leg, stand piano on its side on a folded pad
(protecting hinges).
Place other pads to receive the treble end and flip right over.

With the action removed, the keybed acts as a place to grab when righting.

Be mindful of where the glue might go...  I glued a straight side once this
way, with epoxy...
only to find out that it dripped down the inside of the outer rim and glued
it to the shop rug.
Had a bit of rim refinishing to do :-(

All in a day's work...

Regards,

Jon Page


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