[pianotech] free piano moves

[Greg Newell]

Paul,
	In  my view everything you just said is about as dangerous as it can
be. Being on the bottom I'd NEVER have my back to the piano. At the very
least I want to see what's going on and secondly I want my hands involved
for balance and control. The guy on the top should only have something tied
around his waist if he wishes to potentially get dragged down the stairs
with a runaway piano. 
	Starting the piano on the stairs is easier if you leave the skid on
the 4 wheel dolly on approach to the stairs. If 2 of the wheels of the dolly
are fixed the piano can tilt on the dolly quite a ways towards the incline
of the stairs themselves. This puts the piano quite a ways up without having
to lift the tail end up each stair one at a time. We then bring the low end
all the way down and lift the tail end enough to remove the dolly. There is
a short struggle to get the last little bit of orientation onto the plane of
the stairs and then it's just up one at a time. Simple really. The key is to
have both parties in full cooperation and understanding of what the other is
doing. We move pianos others can't or take a few more guys to do by simply
following the ideas from the previous sentence. I've seen more guys either
get hurt or damage the item their moving by not working in concert with each
other. BTW, there can only be ONE leader on a move, any move. 
My 2 cents. 

Greg Newell
Greg's Piano Forté
www.gregspianoforte.com
216-226-3791 (office)
216-470-8634 (mobile)

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of pgmilkie at juno.com
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 7:33 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] free piano moves

 	

It really isn't too bad if you do it like Greg says, one step at a time.
When you try to do too much at once you get into trouble and it takes a lot
more energy. A big problem is getting the piano started on the steps. You
have to lift the top end of the skid for several steps until the entire skid
finally makes onto the step

Excellent advice Dean,

I would like to add that the man on top or in front of the piano have a rope
around his back with the ends tided to the left and right handles of the
skid board.
As you go up one step at a time you can lean your whole body weight into
pulling while your arms pull up so the skid slides over the next step.
The man in back can have his back to the piano using his legs to push one
step at a time. 

Paul Milkie


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