Well, since no-one has yet mentioned this option, I'll add it in (like Greg, I don't qualify as "most" either, with no action caddy to my name). As an aspiring tall person (read: 5'5" on a good day) I can't grab a grand action end to end and carry. I usually slide the action out, grabbing the treble end, but then instead of grabbing all the way down to the bass end, I find there is usually enough room in most actions to grab the top stack at the bass/tenor break area. It's a little tight, but with a teeny bit of thought and care, the action can be carried thus. William R. Monroe On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:51 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/20100218/6f486339/attachment.htm>
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