[pianotech] plate weights

Isaac Sadigursky irs.pianos at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 15 21:32:22 MDT 2012


Weights of all Steinways is also on last pages of Pierce Atlas book..
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On Aug 15, 2012, at 5:40 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:

> Plates weigh about half as much as the pianos. Weights for all the  
> Steinways  are on the web or on that nifty chart we all should have
>
> Wim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 15, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Jim Ialeggio  
> <jim at grandpianosolutions.com> wrote:
>
>> What are the approx weights of these plates
>>
>> S&S D, B, L   what's the heaviest one could expect.
>>
>> Trying to come up with winches and booms to get plates onto my  
>> trailer and unloaded at my auto body sub, with me being tutti sole  
>> at the shop.   Thinking about permanently mounting a small crane on  
>> the trailer http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200381756_200381756 
>> . This one's rated at 1000lbs with the boom retracted at 36" from  
>> pivot...mounted on the side of the trailer, I think this would work  
>> at that extension.  1000lbs at full 51 extension.
>>
>> Jim Ialeggio
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Ialeggio
>> jim at grandpianosolutions.com
>> 978 425-9026
>> Shirley Center, MA
>>



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