MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Carried a piano upstairs

> Holy crap. Never again.
>
> The stairs were narrow, so we couldn't get on its sides at all.
>
> We tried to figure out a way to use my 12,000 lb winch, but there was nothing to
> anchor it to. Someone tried to propose wrapping it around my Battlezone cab, which is
> up the stairs.
>
>

>
> Ok, seeing no good anchor for the winch, we decided to try and "carry" it up the
> stairs.
>
> There were three of us, lifting it up one stair at a time, and catching the wheels to
> help hold it while we repositioned our feet and hands for the next step.
>
> Got about half way up... and realized we didn't have enough steam to make it.
> Decision time... go back down, or rest and try again.
>
> We decided to "rest", which was still a lot work to hold it it place... and then
> continued one step at a time, with a good rest between. We moved about one step every
> five minutes, because we were SPENT!
>
> Whew. Holy crap. When we got to the top step, I was relieved no one got killed, and
> the piano was still in one piece... although I did dislodge my left nut and lost 1/2"
> in height (does this change my body mass index?).
>
>
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> The good news is now the piano can collect dust up there, instead of collecting dust
> in the family room.

I feel your pain. Pianos are heavy as shit. Deceiving fuckers due to the wood exterior, but the string frame hiding inside is a solid block of surprise hernia.