Years ago when my piano was moved in, a 6'1", only two men were needed, and they also moved another piano of the same size out. They also had to climb it up 6 to 7 stairs. I was impressed.
I used to work in a college music department and saw many pianos moved, including Steinway Ds. This was standard installation procedure. I’ve even seen smaller grands moved by one very expert piano mover. It’s all about balance and steadiness. Congratulations on your Steinway!
Now that's the kind of thing I would do. Move a $171,000 9' Steinway concert grand into a 1200 sq' tract house with 8' ceilings worth in most states as much as the piano. Now that's dedication to the art of music! Blow out all the windows with Rachmaninoff not to mention disturbing the piece with disgruntled neighbors within a one block radius. Gotta love it! Play on brother! I'm waiting for my C Model as we speak. It's going down in the basement of my 800 sq' modest dwelling because there's now room upstairs. Why? Because that's what artists do.
Amateurish work. Pedals need to be put when a piano already is on feet. Why did he all the time try to turn wheels when piano on a side? They always can be turned after.
For some reason, dealer is not using the piano moving company they used to use but changed to a regular moving company. May not have the matured procedure to follow.
Congrats on the new Model D. Hope your enjoying it. I do hate when they rock them up like that. I had a Model M before my new one and the movers tilted both of them up like that as well. I can't even watch when they do it. Must be ok though since it seems like nearly all of them do it.
nope! if Lyre was designed for that, then the instrument would be standing on it all the time.@@coolgabe64 Once again, it is the worst way of doing it!
To: @meomeomeome - I agree with you. Here are several very important “No-No’s”, I spotted: a.) to place such a large grand piano in such a small room {even though the Japanese doors ‘may’ open up [hopefully] onto a larger sitting-room or small auditorium}, b.) to place such a piano directly next to a full windowed wall {it is bound to have drafts}, but, because it is an “outside” wall, the temperature of the inside part of that wall will be lower than any of the other walls, c.) by placing the piano alongside that full windowed wall, the piano is for certain hours of the day, directly in sunlight which heats up the surface of the ‘black’ gloss on the side and on that large lid, which over time causes cracking and/or fading. d.) the edge of the right hand side of the keyboard is placed directly next to what looks like an electrically controlled gas indoor heater, thus making ‘that’ corner much hotter than any other point on the piano, which can & does wreak havoc with the ‘sound board’, the pins and strings. It’s almost as if one couldn’t situate this piano in a “worse possible” manner.
Why are people going off in the comments? These movers were awesome - pivoting the weight on the lyre is standard practice. When your new piano is delivered, leave the movers alone or you’ll just worry yourself sick and make the movers more nervous. Ain’t nobody got time for that
Finally someone with brains. usually the NY woke liberals are the ones who complain the most but they never do anything productive with their lives. They are useless and brainless.
God. I'd love a grand piano in my house. Problem is I've never had the room for one. You have to have a huge free area to put it in. That's why most people just settle for an upright.
Nice to see how a Steinway was got moved into the house of Lang Lang Seriously the moving tool used and usage of the tail lift looks nail biting risky and seems not strong enough for the job.
A large piano isn't any louder than a small piano, just better tone, more bass and more controllable. Always get the largest piano that fits in a room, if budget allows.
Why don't they use an inflatable system, to be put in the middle, to gently tilt the piano horizontally, and gently deflate it until the feet touch the ground, it would be much simpler and much more effective to avoid straining the feet when rolling over.
Hay un medio círculo que se ancla al piano, se gira el piano y listo, a poner patas, me extraña que tuvieran ese modo un tanto poco profesional, pudo romperse la pata de los pedales.
Why they don't have a Maxon column lift instead of that "paper gate" is beyond me. Those gates are terrible for anything of weight and tip as you go down as seen. If the load isn't stable, it's coming down on top of you (many fail videos show this).
Ugn, definitely not a fan of pianos, I had a Wardel player piano i had to move by myself a few times, including up and down a few steps, and the thing weighed as I remember just about 900 pounds. Got rid of it after a few years, I'll stick to my pipe organ
Déménageurs nuls! C'est honteux. Il existe un berceau en demi-cercle qui permet de faire basculer le piano sans endommager les pieds ou la lyre Ce ne sont évidemment pas des professionnels sérieuxj.
@@pianoplayer2516 I have my piano lesson at local Steinway dealer for years. Played all models for pre-lesson warm up and student recitals. Also visited New York factory to try many rebuilt B and D’s back from the music festival. Only model D is the perfect piano, not B. Some model D back from the music festival sounds beautifully with a good discount. As the factory used piano department does not take trade in at that time, I ended up buying the dealer store demo (used in 5 concerts only) with a discount that I cannot refuse. Not in the plan but it happened. The reason to change piano was always: no matter how hard I tried, I cannot get “that” sound. However, for model D, mechanic is also far better than smaller models. Cannot play entry level piano anymore.
@@chenstxxx Do you have any recordings of you playing on it? I checked your channel but it's full of biking videos lol Which is cool and all but i'd like to hear you play on this monster lol
12:35 This is absolutely ridiculous. Putting that much strain on the attachment of the leg to the body of the piano - and the pedal support! - by using them as lever to turn it upright. There's a simple device available with a curved bar that attaches to the piano and allows it to be turned easily, with no stress to the instrument. How can professional piano installers not have that?
A Steinway model D is, what, $150K ? And someone let Curley, Larry and Moe deliver it like that? I'd imagine the customer was a bit nervous to say the least! I'd expect a bit more organization and care from the delivery company.
Brilliant job - you use the Lyre to take the weight of the Piano while setting it on its legs. Failing to do that carries the risk of breaking the back leg.
the weight of such Instrument is like a Harley Davidson dont put that on a Bobbycar- not easy to deliver and in this video ya can see that is a thriller .The owner must have nerves that it does come in one piece for god`s sake it stands .🍀🍀🍀well Art is funny but it does a lot of work
That was a nightmare. Too many risks taken. Thee are way more efficient methods of doing this. The model is also disproportionately large for the playing space. Would make your teeth rattle.
Moving a piano is always stressful lol. But right next to the window like that was a really dumb placement choice. It’s going to fade the cabinet and it will never stay in tune as the winter spring seasons change. UV and big temp swings aren’t a pianos friend. Such a shame to ruin such a nice and expensive instrument😢and who cares about the wheels. Adjust them after piano is on its legs. Lord almighty.
Because white shirt is the boss, and it's his insurance policy that's gonna payoff when these guys cause damage to a hundred thousand dollar piano. LOL!
I never used a skate on a Piano always proper piano wheels & all you need is a customer telling you what to do lmfao & put the Sustain Pedal on when the piano is in position
