I stumbled across this list while surfing the net looking for
references to piano moving.  That's what I do -- I've been moving
pianos for 25 years now.

There has been some discussion about the relative merits of tipping a
piano on the lyre vs. removing the lyre and the bass leg and setting it
down.  I do it both ways, depending on the situation, but with player
grands, my least favorite piano to move, I usually tip on the lyre.

The reason for this is that because there is so much machinery on the
bottom and cute little skirts around the sides, that there is no damned
place to support the piano while you remove the lyre, and these are
heavy suckers.

Player grands have a very stout lyre assembly, and it's a beast to try
to remove it while the piano is on its feet.  All the attachments are
buried in a mess of tubing.

And what is the deal with the "skirts"?  I hate 'em.  I would _love_
to ask the designer what he had in mind as far as moving these things.
Why can't they put a little steel support under the bass corner, so you
could prop the piano up while you remove the leg?

On another subject, the best piano moving equipment I have found is made
by this company in Duluth, Georgia.  These guys are piano movers who
were unhappy with the currently available equipment, so they decided to
design and manufacture their own.

  Moving Equipment Makers / Harry Day Pianos
  Harry Day or Warner Hyde
  2372 Buford Highway, Duluth, GA 30097
  tel.: 1-800-788-3655
  eMail: mem2000@bellsouth.net
  http://harrydaypianos.com/

Charles Kelly