<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Brian,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here at BYU we have 428 pianos and the technicians move them all the time except if it’s up/down stairs or requires loading into a vehicle. Then we supervise the BYU moving crew that has strapping young people with more muscle than brain. Flat moves with short distances should be no problem with the right equipment. I showed a 21 year old female student how to tilt and move a 7’ grand by herself and supervised her w/o touching a thing to see how she would do. No problem. (Thanks to a “piano horse”, etc.) HOWEVER, with back problems, hernias, etc. I would allow any technician who didn’t want to move to make the choice.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jim Busby BYU<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Brian Yankee Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:15 AM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Piano Techs as Piano Movers?<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> Greetings.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I am the Director of Performance Services at New England Conservatory in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:City>. A member of our administration wants to have our Piano Technicians (whom I supervise) move our pianos (mostly a mix of Steinway B's, L's and M's) out of studios, into and out of the piano shop, etc. when the need arises. We have always hired an outside piano moving company to do all of our moves except for occasionally rolling an upright piano down a hallway from one room to another.  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> What prompted this is a proposal to recarpet and paint seven faculty studios this summer. The proposal included an estimate of the cost to hire our movers to remove the pianos from the rooms, bring them to our piano shop for storage on their sides and then to return them to the studios once the work is done. Needless to say, the piano moving costs are considerable. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Personally, I think it's inappropriate for piano techs to double as piano movers, but what do I know? I need a reality check: Is this something that piano techs at other colleges and universities do? If not, can you give me some good arguments why they shouldn't? <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Thanks.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Brian Yankee<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Director of Performance Services<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> New England Conservatory<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> ******************************************************************* Brian S. Yankee Director of Performance Services New England Conservatory 290 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Huntington</st1:place></st1:City> Ave. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02115</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> Tel: 617-585-1271 Fax: 617-585-1270 <o:p></o:p> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>