tail up or tail down

[Jon Page]

Keyboard at the bottom, rear. Heavy end always on the bottom.

So, ascending an incline - tail first; descending - keyboard first.
Moving on level ground, tail first.

A shoulder is used to push, steer and stabilize the piano.

Jon Page

At 10:53 AM 6/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
>
>