Arggh. Lead with the keyboard end first so that obstacles will tend to move the lyre back into the lyre support rods. Sorry, Kent On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Kent Swafford <kswafford at gmail.com> wrote: > How far is a long distance in this case? > > Perhaps I can reinforce what Ron says. > > Here at UMKC, the pro theater company borrows pianos at times. I insist > that I move the piano by myself. They usually ignore me and gather 5-9 guys > around the piano and move it for me. They once moved a D off a 2 inch > platform, keyboard first; as they were half-way down the hall, they "didn't > do anything; the pedals simply fell off." They had broken the lyre off our > #1 piano. > > I would suggest that the minimum precaution be to remove the lyre before > starting the move. If you cannot remove the lyre, then at least move the > piano over thresholds and such _tail-first_, so that you will push the lyre > against its support rods if it happens to make contact. > > The fewer people pushing, the better; one or two should be sufficient.. > Really. Move at about a third the speed you would expect to be appropriate. > You cannot steer or brake a fast-moving piano. > > > Kent > > > On Jul 21, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > >> In a few days, I will be moving a piano on a stage dolly a long distance > with a group of high school piano students. We are not turning it on its > side on a skid board, but simply pushing it. What collective wisdom should > I be to impart to these impressionable youths about how the do-s and don't-s > of pushing around pianos? > > > > Inadvisable. If there's ANY way not to, don't. > > > > If not: > > > > Supervise! Someone of legal age needs to be there to fill out the > accident report paperwork. > > > > Lid down, fall board closed. I know, but it's not necessarily obvious to > high school kids, some of whom have likely never thought before. > > > > No more than three touching the piano at any given time. Trade off as > they get tired, with the rest of the crew over there out of the way. > Steering and speed control by mob whim can quickly become the end of piano > function as we know it. Also dangerous for the moving units, whether they > understand that or not. > > > > Walking speed is at least twice as fast as you ought to be going. Enforce > it. > > > > Approaching thresholds, expansion joints, or any surface discontinuity, > they will universally attempt to speed up and jump it. If you could find > someone foolish enough to bet against it, you could make some easy money. > The problem is that dollies don't jump obstacles. Make them slow down > instead. Taze one periodically if necessary. > > > > Lyre clearance - lyre clearance - lyre clearance etc. > > > > There's more, but I'm starting to get the shakes... > > Ron N > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100721/f19ed895/attachment.htm>
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