Piano dolly

[David M. Porritt]

On P22s I've found it easier to just lift one end of the piano onto one
dolly, position it put the screws in the back, then lift the other end on
the dolly and do the same.  If you really want to put the bolts through the
bottom board you have to tip it, but I've put a lot of dollies on by myself
with the only screws in the back.  

 

dp

 

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David M. Porritt, RPT

dporritt at smu.edu

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Clark Sprague
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:02 AM
To: bdornfeld at earthlink.net; Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Piano dolly

 

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 <mailto:bdornfeld at earthlink.net>  Dornfeld 

To: pianotech <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>  

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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