We had been putting this off I think, because we knew it'd be a tough job; the piano is so heavy! "But," I told Michael, "I moved this piano across my bedroom a couple of times when I was a KID!" My parents were so upset with me for doing that! They were afraid I might have hurt myself tackling such a big move.
Well, I was afraid Sunday that we might hurt ourselves tackling such a big move! LOL We had to move it from the carpeted front room, through the kitchen [where the linoleum floor is to be replaced soon], then onto our new hardwood floor in the "pool room" [which has no pool table yet].
We figured we'd use those plastic slider disks under each wheeled leg on the carpet, then switch the disks out to the soft padded disks over the vinyl and hardwood. Things should slide well: we had the different pads for different surfaces. Well, we finally got that huge piano lifted up enough to slide the pads underneath. We gathered our strength up, braced ourselves against the wall for leverage and carefully coaxed the beast forward........and it rolled right off the disks!
We discovered that the wheels were working fine! We were able to push and pull the piano once we got the wheels lined up in the direction we wanted to go. We especially were able to pick up the speed over the kitchen linoleum floor! Once we got to the new hardwood floor, we laid down these huge sheets of cardboard that we have saved from the shipping cartons that our glass patio doors came in. These have been VERY useful for all kinds of work projects over these past several months [even as temporary window shades!].
The moving project proved to be easier that we had anticipated, thank goodness! And, no one was injured in the moving of this instrument. Now I just have to learn how to PLAY it again! ;-)
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