[CAUT] how to move this piano?

[Susan Kline]

Amazing what having far too much money does to people's practicality, 
esthetics, and common sense.

Susan Kline


>Many years ago I worked on an old Knabe that was made with very 
>ornate carving all over the entire instrument.  It couldn't be put 
>on its side or you would crush the carving.  The legs did not come 
>off and were tied together with wood underneath.  It always had to 
>be moved in a standing position.
>
>The people who had it redone were moving from their N. Dallas estate 
>to a penthouse downtown that was being redone for 
>them.  Unfortunately the piano would not fit in the elevator.  The 
>solution was to build a scaffolding elevator up the side of the 
>building (18 floors).  The piano was padded and put upside down on 
>the top of the scaffolding elevator.  It was moved to the roof of 
>the building and lowered into the penthouse through the sky 
>light.  The plate was not in the piano at that time.  I had to do 
>the stringing in the penthouse with the other construction guys.
>
>The keys of this piano were covered with mother of pearl and in the 
>room where they kept it, the sun made the pieces of mother of pearl 
>come off, so they had a large canvas cover made to go over the sky 
>light. It was controlled by a motor that could remove the cover for 
>parties but cover it for the rest of the time.