Many thanks to everyone who responded to my plaintive plea for advice
on piano moving.

The situation is this:  I work at Ohio Dominican University, a little
college in Columbus, Ohio.  We revived our music program by hiring a
splendid music professor.  Like many such teachers, she gives private
lessons when they can fit into her schedule.  And I, at my advanced
age, am one of her pupils.

Dr. Burgess' office is on the second floor of our beautiful old arts
building.  The building has stained-glass windows, weird winding
staircases, hidden alcoves, and a spacious art gallery that used to
be a chapel.  Though the school has perhaps seven pianos, lessons
are given only on the big Mason and Hamlin grand in the art gallery.
And the art gallery generally has visitors.

I don't know how the gallery-goers feel about my attempts at "When
the Saints Go Marching In," but I get kind of embarrassed.  Things got
a bit intense when I found myself entertaining the annual art sale
a few weeks ago.

Thus the quest to get one of our other pianos (we have several donated
spinets) up to the professor's office.  The building is equipped
with a dear little elevator designed well before the Americans With
Disabilities Act.  Thus it seemed that we would have to hire a rigger
and winch the instrument through one of the art studio windows.
Which would look interesting on a budget request.

I think it will fit on its side.  If the list administrators will
permit it, I'll report on our progress as conditions warrant.

Again, thanks for the advice and help.

Mark Kinsler -- now working on a simplified version of
  "The Entertainer."  And wishing I was a piano roll.
Lancaster, Ohio USA
http://home.earthlink.net/~mkinsler1

 [ Please tell us the outcome, Mark; this is a good discussion thread
 [ you started.  And while you are rolling the piano down the hallway,
 [ perhaps you could entertain us with "The Old Piano Rolling Blues!"
 [ ;-)  -- Robbie