Thanks all.... I checked and practice room doors in our current building are 34". I believe this all will be fine but very much appreciate the imput and suggestions. cheers, Dennis Johnson _______ On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Don Mannino <dmannino at kawaius.com> wrote: > 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/20101112/d99b272c/attachment.htm>
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