[CAUT] Moving Pianos on Campus

[Elwood Doss]

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We have a crew I call to move a piano for graduation each semester.
They have a truck with a lift.  I supervise the moving and setup and
they take care of everything else.  You might check with maintenance at
your school and see if they would do this.  They used to send out 5 or 6
guys but they finally realized about 3 is all they needed.

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Joy!

Elwood

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Rev. Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT

Piano Technician/Technical Director

Department of Music

145 Fine Arts Building

University of Tennessee at Martin

Martin, TN  38238

Office: 731/8811852

Fax: 731/881-7415

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Subject: Re: [CAUT] Moving Pianos on Campus

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In a message dated 2/23/06 6:29:41 A.M. Central Standard Time,
rrg@unlv.nevada.edu writes:

	I would like to know what other university techs have done
regarding piano moves.  Because of liability reasons they are not too
enthusiastic about getting students to do it.  The facilities management
people are not reliable and can't be trusted to show up on time.  The
Faculty is certainly not interested in getting their hands dirty.  I
have occasionally called in another outside tech but that is not always
possible.  Unfortunately my Jedi skills aren't mastered well enough to
move pianos using "The Force".  So... what do YOU do?

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	Rob Goodale, RPT

	Las Vegas, NV.=20

Is this part of your job description? If not, I would not move pianos. I
look at this way, if I was a woman, I don't think the university would
be asking me to move pianos by myself. (Now, please, do not jump on me
for being sexist. I realize there are some women who can do this, but
for the most part, this is not the case.)

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For moves on campus, I call the university movers. There are two trucks
and a van, with 8 people working for the university to move desks,
tables, chairs, etc. I can call on them to move a piano. They use my
equipment, but I supervise them, and they do all the heavy lifting.
(What's so funny, is that even though it only takes one truck and three
men, all vehicles and all 8 men show up to move the piano.)=20

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If the university doesn't have a moving crew, hire an outside moving
company. If the movers show up late, or not at all, blame it on them.
Perhaps if it happens enough, someone higher up will so something about
it.

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Wim=20


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