Piano dolly

[Clark Sprague]

Michelle, What Bruce says is true, AMHIK.  I have a scar on the front of my shin, from a P22 that slid down the front of the tipper, and the back edge of the lid took a chunk out of my shin-bone.  No-one was around to help me put the piano back on it's feet, and I couldn't wait.  A very painful lesson.  That piano also landed dead square on the top of my foot (nothing broken, but I screamed anyway).  Clark A. Sprague, RPT
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bruce Dornfeld 
  To: pianotech 
  Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 11:10 PM
  Subject: Piano dolly



    One thing that was mentioned was that the tipper does not work well with dollies on the piano.  If you are installing twin dollies, this is very true.  You can tip the piano back and get the dollies on, but then you have trouble.  Before tipping your Yamaha console back down to the floor, the back of the dollies will hit the floor.  If you are lucky and strong, you may get the piano to stand up.  If not, the piano may slip off of the tipper, land flat on its back and shove the tipper onto you.    One lady in our chapter broke her ankle when a piano slipped off of a tipper.  If you have to do it solo, with a tipper, strap the piano to the tipper near the bottom and get that strap tight!

  Your best bet is to get some one there on location to help you.  
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