Forklift under 9' piano?

[david c. brown]

>Hi John-


I tuned for a long time at a venue that regularly did this with a 
KG-8 Kawai. Never seemed to hurt it, but was always scary to watch. I 
would think as long as they were lifting under the piano and not a 
stage truck it should be fine.

Regards-

David

>
>On 3/1/00 at 3:37 PM John Minor wrote:
>
> >Our performing arts center wants to use a fork lift under the 9' Steinway
> >to put the piano on a 12" platform. Anyone have serious reservations about
> >doing this. They use to do this monthly, and I can find no visible
> >structural evidence of damage to the instrument. The fork lift operator is
> >quite experienced and is extremely careful. It takes less than 1 minute.
> >
> >What does everyone think about this practice?
> >
> >John Minor
> >Unversity of Illinois

David C. Brown RPT
Staff Piano Technician
School of Music
The University of Texas at Austin
mailto:dcbrown@mail.utexas.edu