tail up or tail down

[Frank Weston]

Always move with the heaviest end downhill.  Tail first uphill, tail last
downhill.

Frank Weston

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> From: Keith McGavern <kam544@ionet.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: tail up or tail down
> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 11:53 AM
> 
> List,
> 
> In moving a grand piano up an incline, ramp or stairs, and assuming you
> have an open space at both the to and from points, is there a preference
> which end, keyboard or tail, should go first?  What works best and is
> considered safest?  And vice versa, coming down.
> 
> At your convenience,
> 
> Keith A. McGavern
> kam544@ionet.net
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
>