Dennis, Piano movers are pretty good at maneuvering, and I think a 7' grand will make it pretty easily into a room as you described. If they go to 36" wide doors to work with the ADA regulations would certainly make it less tight, but even a 30" door should be doable from a 5' corridor. A cardboard template and a series of chalk marks would really confirm it for you, though. Do they really make 30" doors? Seems very small. Don Mannino From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Johnson Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:44 AM To: College and University Technicians 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101111/a1d87505/attachment.htm>
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