[CAUT] Moving Grand Pianos Intra-Department

[David Skolnik]

On caut at ptg.org - soon to cease functioning

Paul -
Moving Services. No one could argue with that.  I have one 
question.  If the guys know what they're doing, why do you have to 
take the lyre and legs off?  And I have a follow-up question.  Once 
you've gotten the legs off, how long does it take for the guys to 
show up?  Just trying to picture it all.

David Skolnik
Hastings on Hudson, NY

At 08:44 AM 12/5/2011, you wrote:
>We have a dept called Moving Services.  These guys have been moving 
>pianos for us for decades.  They are dependable, fast, and know what 
>they're doing.  Also quite inexpensive.  All I have to do is remove 
>the lyre and legs. They do all the grunt work.  So it depends on 
>what knowledge the university staff people have. If no knowledge, 
>then I would call a professional piano mover. Our facilities and 
>maintenance people don't touch the pianos.  For uprights, I and our 
>own building/facilities manager move ourselves.  We will ask a 
>student to place the dolly under the piano when we lift on and off, 
>but that's all the students are allowed to do.
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>Paul T. Williams RPT
>Univ. of Nebraska
>Lincoln
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>From: Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Date: 12/04/2011 07:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Moving Grand Pianos Intra-Department
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>I once thought I could save some money, so I asked the facilities guys
>to move an upright.  I don't do that anymore.  They didn't take
>direction very well and of course they all, individually, knew the
>best way, while I was standing there being ignored.  Never again.
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>If an upright needs to be moved more than a couple of feet, I'll get a
>couple of students to help put it on a dolly etc.  For grands, the
>college has to hire movers.  Movers are worth every penny. All the
>reasons David S cited were right on.  If the piano is damaged, what
>happens next?  If a person is damaged, then what?
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