[CAUT] Door width for new building plans

[Paul T Williams]

We have 3 rooms on our south end of the building that have double 
doors....wide enough to get any of the B's or D's to other rooms. The rest 
of the building have "normal" width doors which require movers to come to 
move stuff and 3 steps in the middle of the building (who knows what moron 
designed this place!), so no way to move any other grand anywhere, but to 
hire movers. If we have to move a piano from north to south, it involves 
going outside and around, or put an old ramp on the steps to move.  Also, 
our elevator can barely handle a B, so D's are doomed to be in the room 
they're in.  Rebuilding D's has to go somewhere else, even simple things 
like restringing or basic belly work. It's sad that architects in those 
days of the early 60's just couldn't think logistics out very well...or 
that the cost was too much, so the university cut budgets so much that we 
have what we have....a nightmare! B's can come to the shop, but 
soundboard/bridge replacements have to be outsourced!

Get double wide doors and a freight elevator and level floors!! :>)

Paul




From:
Norman Cantrell <normancantrell at sbcglobal.net>
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
11/11/2010 02:53 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Door width for new building plans



Dennis
 
My guess is that the doors will have to be ADA compliant which will 
probably result in a 36" minimum width door so it may be out of your hands 
regardless.
 
Norman Cantrell, Registered Piano Technician

From: Dennis Johnson <johnsond at stolaf.edu>
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 1:43:50 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Door width for new building plans

Hello-

Does anyone have experience or advice to offer concerning what would be 
the minimum doorway width for easy moving of pianos up to 7 feet long with 
a 5' wide hallway?   That is the question I was asked this morning by our 
Fine Arts Dean.  We are finalizing plans for the new complex and my 
suggestion was a 32" door is recommended and that should handle the moves. 
 Can anyone confirm or correct that?  The largest percussion ensemble room 
will get a doorway extender, or whatever they are called, and the main 
hallway looks to be about 11' feet wide, but the practice room hallway is 
only 5'.  Widening that means smaller rooms.  I don't know what the radius 
would be for moving a piano in or out.   If they come back with only 30" 
doors should I be concerned? 

thanks!

Dennis Johnson
St. Olaf College



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