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It's great fun, I know, as long as you, or they, don't have to do stairs
or put it on end to fit it in an elevator. I wonder how many Wim
used to do.<br>
David S<br><br>
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At 10:03 AM 12/5/2011, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>I'm sort of
"the foreman" kind of guy. Showing which piano, unlocking the
rooms, and to where it gets moved. I don't do anything but remove
the lyre before they get there. then 2 guys lift the bass corner, and I
knock off the leg so they can set it on the board. Tilt up, and while
they're strapping it tight, I knock off the other two legs. Then,
tilt up, dolly under, set down, roll onto where we're going. It's
very fast. We've moved 6 grands around the building in less than
1.5 hours! We're a good team. we almost always start first thing at
7:30am before the students show up.</font> <br><br>
<font size=2>Paul</font> <br><br>
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<font size=1 color="#5F5F5F">From:</font> <font size=1>David Skolnik
<davidskolnik@optonline.net></font> <br>
<font size=1 color="#5F5F5F">To:</font> <font size=1>caut@ptg.org</font>
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<font size=1 color="#5F5F5F">Date:</font> <font size=1>12/05/2011 08:56
AM</font> <br>
<font size=1 color="#5F5F5F">Subject:</font> <font size=1>Re: [CAUT]
Moving Grand Pianos Intra-Department</font> <br>
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On caut@ptg.org - soon to cease functioning<br><br>
Paul -<br>
Moving Services. No one could argue with that. I have one
question. If the guys know what they're doing, why do you have to
take the lyre and legs off? And I have a follow-up question.
Once you've gotten the legs off, how long does it take for the guys to
show up? Just trying to picture it all.<br><br>
David Skolnik<br>
Hastings on Hudson, NY<br><br>
At 08:44 AM 12/5/2011, you wrote: <br>
<font size=2>We have a dept called Moving Services. These guys have
been moving pianos for us for decades. They are dependable, fast,
and know what they're doing. Also quite inexpensive. All I
have to do is remove the lyre and legs. They do all the grunt work.
So it depends on what knowledge the university staff people have. If no
knowledge, then I would call a professional piano mover. Our facilities
and maintenance people don't touch the pianos. For uprights, I and
our own building/facilities manager move ourselves. We will ask a
student to place the dolly under the piano when we lift on and off, but
that's all the students are allowed to do.</font> <br>
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Paul T. Williams RPT<br>
Univ. of Nebraska</font> <font size=2><br>
Lincoln</font> <br><br>
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<font size=1 color="#5F5F5F"><br>
From:</font> <font size=1>Zeno Wood <zeno.wood@gmail.com></font>
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To:</font> <font size=1>caut@ptg.org</font>
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Date:</font> <font size=1>12/04/2011 07:13 PM</font>
<font size=1 color="#5F5F5F"><br>
Subject:</font> <font size=1>Re: [CAUT] Moving Grand Pianos
Intra-Department</font> <br><br>
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<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2><br>
I once thought I could save some money, so I asked the facilities
guys<br>
to move an upright. I don't do that anymore. They didn't
take<br>
direction very well and of course they all, individually, knew the<br>
best way, while I was standing there being ignored. Never
again.<br><br>
If an upright needs to be moved more than a couple of feet, I'll get
a<br>
couple of students to help put it on a dolly etc. For grands,
the<br>
college has to hire movers. Movers are worth every penny. All
the<br>
reasons David S cited were right on. If the piano is damaged,
what<br>
happens next? If a person is damaged, then what?</font><br><br>
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