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MAME owes italie many thank yous, hah
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Reged: 09/20/03
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Re: Carried a piano upstairs
07/29/12 07:18 PM
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> 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?). > > > > 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.
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