[pianotech] Pushing a piano and rug on a wood floor

[Thomas Cole]

Barbara,

If there are some bodies available, it might be better to gather a few 
strong-backed men/boys around the perimeter to pick up the piano and 
move it to another location in the room.

Tom Cole, who gets weird questions, too.

On 10/27/10 2:11 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:
>
> How come I get the weird questions?
>
> The customer has a Yamaha GC1 that is on a fancy area rug--with a pad 
> underneath, I assume.  The room has hardwood floors and the piano/rug 
> combo are in the middle of the room.  The holidays are coming and she 
> wants to move the piano/rug combo over to one side so there is room 
> for the Christmas tree.  She was wondering if her husband pushed on 
> the piano (without standing on the rug, of course) and she pulled on 
> the rug, if that would be an acceptable way to move it.   I'll admit, 
> my dining table is on a rug & pad on a wood floor and I can move the 
> combo, even though it has a cast iron base and is heavy. But it's a 
> table, not a piano.
>
> Has anyone heard of doing this?
> Has anyone done this?
> Has anyone had to fix the results of someone doing this?
>
> I suppose it would work if they lifted up enough of the rug so 
> people--that is multiple persons--could be around the piano to make 
> the move.
>
> I just need a little reassurance here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101027/fac98327/attachment.htm>