[CAUT] Piano Techs as Piano Movers?

[Mitch Staples]

As a rule all the grand piano moves at OSU are done by outside movers.
Occasionally I'll move a small grand (under 6') if I have someone to set the
dolly and someone else there to help lift.  I will not move a piano up and
down stairs or between buildings.

When everything goes as planned piano moving is pretty simple, but things
can get ugly fast.  I think moving seven pianos at once is a little too much
to ask of your techs.  Especially if it's not something they normally do.
Accidents happen when people get tired.  Pianos can do a real number on a
hand or a foot - falling pianos crush bones rather than just breaking them.
Last spring a piano fell on a janitors foot at a middle school that I
service occasionally, broke it in 27 places.  And it's not uncommon to pull
a muscle in your back when lifting something that heavy.

I think that the administration should shop around for another piano moving
company or maybe call a furniture moving company, sometimes they will also
move pianos.

If I was asked to move seven pianos because the administration was too cheap
to hire a professional I'd probably do it, but I would also start looking
for another job.

Sincerely,

Mitch Staples
Piano Technician
Ohio State University

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