Moving A Baby Grand Piano Yourself

Have 2 or 3 people help you lift the wrapped piano on the piano.

Moving a baby grand piano yourself.

This way you and your piano will arrive safely at your new home with no complications. We move pianos in the oklahoma city are and s. 4 to 6 people should carefully tilt an instrument with its keyboard forward. Remove decorations if any.

Once a keyboard is facing forward attach a hump strap to an instrument with its ends in the top. Proceed with the moving process measure and clear the path. Moving up and down a baby grand piano carrying along a flight of stairs perform the same actions. Use an additional sliding board for steps.

Set the wrapped body of the piano on a sturdy dolly. To prepare a grand piano for moving first lift off its music rack and remove its lyre. Piano is tilted and lowered onto the piano board and then positioned on the piano board. Then carefully set the legless straight side of the baby grand down onto the piano board.

As two of the movers hold the weight of the piano the third man removes the front left leg. Move slowly and have 2 or 3 people help you roll the piano on the dolly. This video show how we use our specialized piano moving equipment to safely and efficiently move a baby grand. Station the piano board this is equipment specially used for moving pianos next to the long side of the piano set a clean pad on top of the board.

Use tape or a rope to measure the door frames and make sure the piano can fit through them. Then its legs all need to be removed and it needs to be securely strapped in its side to a piano skidboard. The keyboard referred to as the piano s action should only be removed by a qualified piano technician. A good thing about upright pianos is that they have a shape that s not a pain to handle.

In most cases when moving a grand piano the keyboard action need not be removed. Moving the piano 1. Once the leg is removed put 2 of the straps under the piano board and move the piano board under the straight side of the piano. If you want a stress free and safe relocation of your piano hire professional piano movers to do it for you.