[pianotech] Moving 4 legged consoles and spinets

[Dave Davis]

Would it help to strap it to a grand board first?

Dave Davis, RPT



-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:09:17 
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: [pianotech] Moving 4 legged consoles and spinets


Hello gang,

I was helping some friends move their piano yesterday and it was one of
those 4 legged consoles with the narrow bottom and the grand style pedal
lyre. It did not want to sit on the dolly (I use a standard New Haven dolly)
very securely. You really had to hold onto it for it not to tip over towards
the keybed side of the piano.

It had to go up 8 steps to the second floor of their new house. Fun stuff!
Strapping the piano to the dolly helped some. but it was still precarious.

I had moved one like this years ago (it was a Weaver) and I ended up putting
the whole piano on plywood and then on the dolly. It was a pain but was
somewhat more steady.

Any tips on moving these awkward instruments??

-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net

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