Still considering how to best lift a 9' concert grand that is upside down, lying on its lid. Considering attaching strap/s to the support beams. I am a bit curious about these support beams that brace the inner and outer rims. They are mortised into the inner rim without an interlocking type butterfly joint or similar that I can see - just the rectangular end of the beam seated into a slot cut to fit. How strong do you think these joints are in regard to a lift? It does not appear they are glued or otherwise fastened. They probably will not separate but I am certain that the builders did not have it in mind to load these joints in this direction - what do youall think? Gene -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100621/054da6be/attachment-0001.htm>
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