Moving an Upright

[Tom Cole]

Pengelly,

I can't recommend the trebuchet - it'll put the piano out of tune
(town?) - but there is something you can do that will allow the piano to
negotiate a tight turn: remove the action and keybed (along with the
case parts). If your stairs are particularly narrow, you might even
remove the bottom board, leaving only sides and back to muscle up the
stairs.

A customer of mine had a similar situation in a small townhouse and, on
his own, did as described above. He and his wife moved the piano to its
new home upstairs and reassambled it before I got there to tune. I
wouldn't have been the wiser had they not told me of their creative
solution.

Good luck and let us know how it went.

Tom

Pengelly Pensione wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks
> I want my husband, John,  to move one of our pianos into the livingroom for
> the kids to use but the logistics are difficult.  We live on a mountain and
> our lot is quite steep.  Because of this our front door enters at the
> basement level of our two floor home.  Once inside there is a fairly narrow
> stairwell with a 90 degree turn in the middle of it to take you to the main
> floor.  No way will the piano negotiate that turn.  On the main floor though
> there is a large deck with french doors into the livingroom which would seem
> to be the best way to get the piano into the room.  The question of course
> is how do we get the thing up onto the deck.  We have a friend with a truck
> that has a hook and lifting arm who is willing to try but we need to know
> the best way to rig the piano up so that it is not damaged in the process.
> I often read over John's shoulder and know that you guys will know the
> answer to this!
> In anticipation,
> Helen Pengelly

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Thomas A. Cole, RPT
Santa Cruz, CA
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