[pianotech] How NOT to move a grand piano

[Brian Trout]

I do wonder what they were thinking.

 

The first photo doesn't raise any major alarm bells except that the piano is waaaaay out there on the lift gate.

 

The second one really puzzles me because I can't figure out why they would have lowered the lift gate with the tail of the piano not clearing the end of the truck.  Seriously, just how would they expect to straighten that thing out without dumping it?  

 

When we did moves of a grand piano on a similar truck, we would turn the piano sideways on the lift gate before it ever moved downward.  It would then be turned again once it was at ground level so that it came straight off the back.  

 

It may have been that the dolly could have been placed just a bit better for manuverability. ??

 

It does make you wonder if these guys were new on the job... and how the one messing with the dolly in pic #2 managed to excape serious injury.

 

Brian

 


 
> From: dianepianotuner at msn.com
> To: caut at ptg.org; pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:52:07 -0700
> Subject: [pianotech] How NOT to move a grand piano
> 
> 
> 
> I was searching Google images for a pic of a shiny black grand piano for use in my hearing class at convention this summer, when I found these.
> 
> Hang on to your seats!
> Diane
> Diane Hofstetter 
 		 	   		  
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