[CAUT] Moving Grand Pianos Intra-Department

[David Skolnik]

It's great fun, I know, as long as you, or they, don't have to do 
stairs or put it on end to fit it in an elevator.  I wonder how many 
Wim used to do.
David S


At 10:03 AM 12/5/2011, you wrote:
>I'm sort of "the foreman" kind of guy. Showing which piano, 
>unlocking the rooms, and to where it gets moved.  I don't do 
>anything but remove the lyre before they get there. then 2 guys lift 
>the bass corner, and I knock off the leg so they can set it on the 
>board. Tilt up, and while they're strapping it tight, I knock off 
>the other two legs.  Then, tilt up, dolly under, set down, roll onto 
>where we're going.  It's very fast.  We've moved 6 grands around the 
>building in less than 1.5 hours!  We're a good team. we almost 
>always start first thing at 7:30am before the students show up.
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>Paul
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>From: David Skolnik <davidskolnik at optonline.net>
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Date: 12/05/2011 08:56 AM
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Moving Grand Pianos Intra-Department
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>On caut at ptg.org - soon to cease functioning
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>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.
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>David Skolnik
>Hastings on Hudson, NY
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>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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