Years ago, when I used to move pianos, on pianos like that, we would use Roll-or-Kari's I think they were called. One end (lip) of the Kari's went under each side of the piano about 4-6" I think (? been a while) and then the straps were wrapped around the rest of the piano usually avoiding the legs at all costs. We would wench it down good and TIGHT usually using blankets to avoid scratches. Then, we would literally carry it up the steps. I found a picture. http://www.nortechusa.com/vend/rok.html From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Sowers Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:09 PM 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 _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090613-0, 06/13/2009 Tested on: 6/14/2009 1:29:16 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090614/75018bfb/attachment.htm>
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