Anyone tried to get a grand piano up a spiral staircase? Keyboard or nose first? Was thinking that straightening the staircase would be easier. Think I'll get those guys pushing that piano, after a damage evaluation. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 21, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Kent Swafford <kswafford at gmail.com> wrote: > Arggh. Lead with the keyboard end first so that obstacles will tend > to move the lyre back into the lyre support rods. Sorry, > > Kent > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Kent Swafford <kswafford at gmail.com> > wrote: > How far is a long distance in this case? > > Perhaps I can reinforce what Ron says. > > Here at UMKC, the pro theater company borrows pianos at times. I > insist that I move the piano by myself. They usually ignore me and > gather 5-9 guys around the piano and move it for me. They once moved > a D off a 2 inch platform, keyboard first; as they were half-way > down the hall, they "didn't do anything; the pedals simply fell > off." They had broken the lyre off our #1 piano. > > I would suggest that the minimum precaution be to remove the lyre > before starting the move. If you cannot remove the lyre, then at > least move the piano over thresholds and such _tail-first_, so that > you will push the lyre against its support rods if it happens to > make contact. > > The fewer people pushing, the better; one or two should be > sufficient.. Really. Move at about a third the speed you would > expect to be appropriate. You cannot steer or brake a fast-moving > piano. > > > Kent > > > On Jul 21, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > >> In a few days, I will be moving a piano on a stage dolly a long > distance with a group of high school piano students. We are not > turning it on its side on a skid board, but simply pushing it. What > collective wisdom should I be to impart to these impressionable > youths about how the do-s and don't-s of pushing around pianos? > > > > Inadvisable. If there's ANY way not to, don't. > > > > If not: > > > > Supervise! Someone of legal age needs to be there to fill out the > accident report paperwork. > > > > Lid down, fall board closed. I know, but it's not necessarily > obvious to high school kids, some of whom have likely never thought > before. > > > > No more than three touching the piano at any given time. Trade off > as they get tired, with the rest of the crew over there out of the > way. Steering and speed control by mob whim can quickly become the > end of piano function as we know it. Also dangerous for the moving > units, whether they understand that or not. > > > > Walking speed is at least twice as fast as you ought to be going. > Enforce it. > > > > Approaching thresholds, expansion joints, or any surface > discontinuity, they will universally attempt to speed up and jump > it. If you could find someone foolish enough to bet against it, you > could make some easy money. The problem is that dollies don't jump > obstacles. Make them slow down instead. Taze one periodically if > necessary. > > > > Lyre clearance - lyre clearance - lyre clearance etc. > > > > There's more, but I'm starting to get the shakes... > > Ron N > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100721/33c49486/attachment-0001.htm>
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