Oh Nooooooo!!!!

[David Ilvedson]

I bet it had to do with the swivel wheels?  I, personally, wouldn't use
anything except fixed wheels for moving pianos.  

David I.  

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On 5/3/01 at 2:58 PM Robert Goodale wrote:

>I had a major oops today.  Following a panic request by some university
>administrators who were having a ceremony to give each other awards
>again, I was requested to "immediately" move a piano out of a lobby
>area.  It was a P-22 and although I didn't have any help and the moment
>I went ahead to move it myself.  No big deal.  I found a student who
>helped me get the dolly under it.  With the hard part done I proceeded
>to roll it across the campus to the music building.  Now the dolly I use
>is custom made by yours truly.  It has two fixed wheels and to swivel,
>both 6" in diameter.  It has an oak frame and it rolls like a dream.
>Any easier and it would glide up hill.  So no problem, I'm humming along
>the sidewalk when suddenly a group of students come walking across in my
>path, naturally at a corner where I need to go!  And so.... down she
>went onto the concrete with a bang!  A couple students helped me get it
>back up again and back on the dolly.  I continued the rest of the trip
>with no further problems and only walked away with a few good scrapes.
>Unfortunately so did the piano.  It has multiple bashed up corners, a
>damaged fall board, and and a broken key top.  Looks kind of like
>someone tumbled it down a hill.  Well I told the Dept. chair and he
>wasn't too mad about it.  I guess it just looks a little MORE like a
>university piano should now.  All it needs is a few initials carved in
>it and it could qualify as a high school piano.
>
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Las Vegas, NV