[pianotech] How NOT to move a grand piano

[Ron Nossaman]

Well, I've lost the link now, but one of the write ups 
mentioned (term?) the tailpiece or some such not clearing on 
the way down. I think the photos are out of sequence. Photo2 
should be first, showing them setting the dolly by using the 
gate to do the lifting. Photo1 would then be second, showing 
gate back up and the dolly farther forward under the skid than 
the first (photo2). We don't have a photo of the position of 
the piano during the lowering process, just the aftermath. 
Look where the front of the skid is in the photo with the half 
lowered gate. What they are doing in that photo is both 
intentional and reasonable.

I can't buy that these guys got caught by surprise by two feet 
of the arse end of the piano not clearing the truck when the 
gate was lowered. The story is in the photos we don't see. 
These were chosen and sequenced by the reporter to juice up 
the submission.

Ron N