Here's another little tool for helping the back and getting the work done. http://www.spurlocktools.com/id29.htm 58 bucks... I didn't see a price on the other rack mentioned in these threads. You can always grab one end and turn the action around placing the keys on the bed and hammers out to work on. Depending on what the job entails. Scott Gray On 2/17/2010 1:51 PM, rsfinley at charter.net wrote: > I am curious to know what you do to avoid back problems and other injuries to your arms and shoulders when you lift out a grand piano action for servicing, repairs and regulation. I took the action out of my Yamaha grand last weekend and it was very heavy and awkward to lift. > > My arms were outstretched widely apart to hold it at the ends, and I couldn't bend my legs much when lifting it out due to the height above the floor. In the past I have had back trouble and tennis elbow tendonitis in my left arm, and I want to prevent re-injuring myself at all costs. > > Do you have any solutions? I guess that at a customer's house you can't ask them to help you lift it out and have to do it yourself unless you have an assistant there with you. Is there any contraption you can use such as a strong trolley with adjustable height, so you can make it the same height off the floor as the key bed, move it next to the piano and just slide it on without having to lift it across the room to a table? > > Thanks for your advice, > > Robert > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100217/a92684a9/attachment.htm>
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