> > ----- Original Message ----- >> No serious piano mover is going to move a grand piano cross town without >> a >> skid. (EXACTLY!) > > Please explain why. Understand, I'm not taking a position on this at all - (THERE ARE MANY REASONS, which will be much easier to see when you actually move a piano) > I've never moved a piano and I've simply never seen a skid used. > >> How would they get it up stairs. (probably DAMAGING the piano or their backs if they try "carrying" something bigger than a baby grand!) > Not many stairs here is flat Florida. (A COUPLE OF STEPS (OR EVEN 1 BIG ONE) ARE ENOUGH, AND STAGE PLATFORMS, ETC ETC) >Does a skid have handles on it for carrying? (GOOD ONES DO, SEE PIC, HANDY FOR EASY AND CONTROLLED PULLING OF THE PIANO, ON STAIRS...) >> Do they tie the piano into the truck still on the dolly? > Yes. (AND WHAT IF THE VAN/TRUCK HASNT GOT A TAIL LIFT?) >> As others have said moving around the building as they do is OK as long >> as >> the dolly is padded...but: >> >> You're the boss now...time to make some changes. Cant be that professional if they havent realised the NEED for a skid when moving grands! Patrick Patrick Hinves Ballesta Afinador/Técnico 610442371 PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L.
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