At 16:03 -0400 11/7/08, Phil Bondi wrote: >Someone has moved into town, and the movers left the grand piano on >its side without a skid board. > >They left it on a piece of cardboard to protect the hardwood floor. >That was nice of them. > >I have an idea on how to get it set up, but I wanted to run this by >all of you first. > >How would you do it? > >-Phil Bondi(Fl) > >PS - I will not be doing this alone. You could, though. Put on legs 2 and 3 and the lyre, not omitting the strut. Place a hassock or a 2" block of something covered with something soft so that the bass side of the lyre will contact it when the piano is tipped. Tip the piano over on to the hassock. Lift the piano by the bass cheek till it is standing on the bass side of the lyre bottom and the two legs. Put on leg 1. Lift ditto to remove the hassock. When I was younger I would do this alone. We nearly always do it this way and have never had a lyre break, but don't do it without looking at the lyre first! JD
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