Years ago when my piano was moved in, a 6'1", only two men were needed, and they also moved another piano of the same size out. They also had to climb it up 6 to 7 stairs. I was impressed.
I used to work in a college music department and saw many pianos moved, including Steinway Ds. This was standard installation procedure. I’ve even seen smaller grands moved by one very expert piano mover. It’s all about balance and steadiness. Congratulations on your Steinway!
Now that's the kind of thing I would do. Move a $171,000 9' Steinway concert grand into a 1200 sq' tract house with 8' ceilings worth in most states as much as the piano. Now that's dedication to the art of music! Blow out all the windows with Rachmaninoff not to mention disturbing the piece with disgruntled neighbors within a one block radius. Gotta love it! Play on brother! I'm waiting for my C Model as we speak. It's going down in the basement of my 800 sq' modest dwelling because there's now room upstairs. Why? Because that's what artists do.
Amateurish work. Pedals need to be put when a piano already is on feet. Why did he all the time try to turn wheels when piano on a side? They always can be turned after.
For some reason, dealer is not using the piano moving company they used to use but changed to a regular moving company. May not have the matured procedure to follow.
Congrats on the new Model D. Hope your enjoying it. I do hate when they rock them up like that. I had a Model M before my new one and the movers tilted both of them up like that as well. I can't even watch when they do it. Must be ok though since it seems like nearly all of them do it.
nope! if Lyre was designed for that, then the instrument would be standing on it all the time.@@coolgabe64 Once again, it is the worst way of doing it!
Why are people going off in the comments? These movers were awesome - pivoting the weight on the lyre is standard practice. When your new piano is delivered, leave the movers alone or you’ll just worry yourself sick and make the movers more nervous. Ain’t nobody got time for that
Finally someone with brains. usually the NY woke liberals are the ones who complain the most but they never do anything productive with their lives. They are useless and brainless.
A large piano isn't any louder than a small piano, just better tone, more bass and more controllable. Always get the largest piano that fits in a room, if budget allows.
Nice to see how a Steinway was got moved into the house of Lang Lang Seriously the moving tool used and usage of the tail lift looks nail biting risky and seems not strong enough for the job.
Why don't they use an inflatable system, to be put in the middle, to gently tilt the piano horizontally, and gently deflate it until the feet touch the ground, it would be much simpler and much more effective to avoid straining the feet when rolling over.
Hay un medio círculo que se ancla al piano, se gira el piano y listo, a poner patas, me extraña que tuvieran ese modo un tanto poco profesional, pudo romperse la pata de los pedales.
To: @meomeomeome - I agree with you. Here are several very important “No-No’s”, I spotted: a.) to place such a large grand piano in such a small room {even though the Japanese doors ‘may’ open up [hopefully] onto a larger sitting-room or small auditorium}, b.) to place such a piano directly next to a full windowed wall {it is bound to have drafts}, but, because it is an “outside” wall, the temperature of the inside part of that wall will be lower than any of the other walls, c.) by placing the piano alongside that full windowed wall, the piano is for certain hours of the day, directly in sunlight which heats up the surface of the ‘black’ gloss on the side and on that large lid, which over time causes cracking and/or fading. d.) the edge of the right hand side of the keyboard is placed directly next to what looks like an electrically controlled gas indoor heater, thus making ‘that’ corner much hotter than any other point on the piano, which can & does wreak havoc with the ‘sound board’, the pins and strings. It’s almost as if one couldn’t situate this piano in a “worse possible” manner.
12:35 This is absolutely ridiculous. Putting that much strain on the attachment of the leg to the body of the piano - and the pedal support! - by using them as lever to turn it upright. There's a simple device available with a curved bar that attaches to the piano and allows it to be turned easily, with no stress to the instrument. How can professional piano installers not have that?
Déménageurs nuls! C'est honteux. Il existe un berceau en demi-cercle qui permet de faire basculer le piano sans endommager les pieds ou la lyre Ce ne sont évidemment pas des professionnels sérieuxj.
@@pianoplayer2516 I have my piano lesson at local Steinway dealer for years. Played all models for pre-lesson warm up and student recitals. Also visited New York factory to try many rebuilt B and D’s back from the music festival. Only model D is the perfect piano, not B. Some model D back from the music festival sounds beautifully with a good discount. As the factory used piano department does not take trade in at that time, I ended up buying the dealer store demo (used in 5 concerts only) with a discount that I cannot refuse. Not in the plan but it happened. The reason to change piano was always: no matter how hard I tried, I cannot get “that” sound. However, for model D, mechanic is also far better than smaller models. Cannot play entry level piano anymore.
@@chenstxxx Do you have any recordings of you playing on it? I checked your channel but it's full of biking videos lol Which is cool and all but i'd like to hear you play on this monster lol
Brilliant job - you use the Lyre to take the weight of the Piano while setting it on its legs. Failing to do that carries the risk of breaking the back leg.
A Steinway model D is, what, $150K ? And someone let Curley, Larry and Moe deliver it like that? I'd imagine the customer was a bit nervous to say the least! I'd expect a bit more organization and care from the delivery company.
I never used a skate on a Piano always proper piano wheels & all you need is a customer telling you what to do lmfao & put the Sustain Pedal on when the piano is in position
the weight of such Instrument is like a Harley Davidson dont put that on a Bobbycar- not easy to deliver and in this video ya can see that is a thriller .The owner must have nerves that it does come in one piece for god`s sake it stands .🍀🍀🍀well Art is funny but it does a lot of work
Moving a piano is always stressful lol. But right next to the window like that was a really dumb placement choice. It’s going to fade the cabinet and it will never stay in tune as the winter spring seasons change. UV and big temp swings aren’t a pianos friend. Such a shame to ruin such a nice and expensive instrument😢and who cares about the wheels. Adjust them after piano is on its legs. Lord almighty.
Because white shirt is the boss, and it's his insurance policy that's gonna payoff when these guys cause damage to a hundred thousand dollar piano. LOL!
That was a nightmare. Too many risks taken. Thee are way more efficient methods of doing this. The model is also disproportionately large for the playing space. Would make your teeth rattle.
The lack of training, coordination and procedure was outstanding.
This (expensive?!) grand-piano should have been transported by a stronger and bigger tool - a special version for pianos.
This is agonizing already
Years ago when my piano was moved in, a 6'1", only two men were needed, and they also moved another piano of the same size out. They also had to climb it up 6 to 7 stairs. I was impressed.
This was nerve-wracking from beginning to end.
Music box deliveries always are.
Now why does this remind me of the Laurel and Hardy movie where they "try" to move a piano?
Not much can make for a more exciting day than this!! So cool.
I used to work in a college music department and saw many pianos moved, including Steinway Ds. This was standard installation procedure. I’ve even seen smaller grands moved by one very expert piano mover. It’s all about balance and steadiness. Congratulations on your Steinway!
that is so thrilling to watch! One of the best days of my life when mine arrived!!!
Can I come over to play it?
Now that's the kind of thing I would do. Move a $171,000 9' Steinway concert grand into a 1200 sq' tract house with 8' ceilings worth in most states as much as the piano. Now that's dedication to the art of music! Blow out all the windows with Rachmaninoff not to mention disturbing the piece with disgruntled neighbors within a one block radius. Gotta love it! Play on brother!
I'm waiting for my C Model as we speak. It's going down in the basement of my 800 sq' modest dwelling because there's now room upstairs. Why? Because that's what artists do.
Unreal kiddo!!😅
So? Who is this artist of which you talk?
Down in your basement?
I take it you don't have the typical stairway that's only 4' wide and on a 45 degree incline with a 90 turn at the bottom?
As someone who spent 20 yrs loading and unloading,often by myself, heavy furniture there is NO WAY I'd try this!
Amateurish work. Pedals need to be put when a piano already is on feet. Why did he all the time try to turn wheels when piano on a side? They always can be turned after.
For some reason, dealer is not using the piano moving company they used to use but changed to a regular moving company. May not have the matured procedure to follow.
Not necessarily. Definitely not when the size is under 220s. It is true if it’s a model D 274
That little room is going to act as a damper😊.
All that and we didnt hear a single note from JS Bach piano concerto in D-minor ( I know it needs tuning LOL)
👏👏👍👍👍😍😍😍
Beautiful
Ha, es uno de los placeres para los amantes de la musica que algunos se pueden dar, en esta vida, el gozo de recibir un piano de cola en casa.
Soo as the image showed the piano in posotion! Wow! it looks awesome but too small a room
Congrats on the new Model D. Hope your enjoying it. I do hate when they rock them up like that. I had a Model M before my new one and the movers tilted both of them up like that as well. I can't even watch when they do it. Must be ok though since it seems like nearly all of them do it.
The lyre should be the last thing to attach, after the piano is standing. Too easy to break, and I have seen one smashed off in a move.
Only if your piano is older than your grandmother. There is a reason, why the folded pad is under that lyre.
@@coolgabe64Doesn't matter, no reason to put it on at that point. It could have waited until later. They're dumb and you're dumber 😂
nope! if Lyre was designed for that, then the instrument would be standing on it all the time.@@coolgabe64 Once again, it is the worst way of doing it!
@@coolgabe64j
My anxiety is through the roof watching this.
I would never put a concert grand this close to a window and fireplace.
OMG! I wouldn't have pivoted all the weight of the piano on the lyre.
Actually that is the way everyone is doing it, unless it's a really old piano.
that is a very wrong way of doing it!@@coolgabe64
Steinway lyres are very strong and as long as there is a blanket underneath it, it's perfectly fine. I've seen it done a million times.
@@grigorpetrov8006That is old hat. There are simple tools that make it infinitely less risky to right the piano and save at least one removal man.
Why are people going off in the comments? These movers were awesome - pivoting the weight on the lyre is standard practice. When your new piano is delivered, leave the movers alone or you’ll just worry yourself sick and make the movers more nervous. Ain’t nobody got time for that
Finally someone with brains. usually the NY woke liberals are the ones who complain the most but they never do anything productive with their lives. They are useless and brainless.
They're at the wrong house! I never got mine delivered! lol
Send your address to Santa.
@@xywang1030i will 😭
No! It’s mine!
wow i can't believe that pedal assembly can take that much weight
I wouldn't put my Steinway that close to a window - even if it was north facing. Secondly, the piano is also far too big for the room it is in.
After many years, no real issues. Initial concerns now all forgotten. If you can afford the model D, don’t get anything smaller.
A large piano isn't any louder than a small piano, just better tone, more bass and more controllable. Always get the largest piano that fits in a room, if budget allows.
@@drfisheye Thank you for your advice. Always thought about the Piano/Space ratio.
@@drfisheye - Baby grand pianos can’t compared to the Upright pianos! Can’t afford the D or B get the upright.
@@drfisheye Simply untrue. A large piano has a larger soundboard than a small piano and therefore is much louder.
I heard something when the piano's pedal lyre touch on the blanket.
You heard the cardboard under that.
Nice to see how a Steinway was got moved into the house of Lang Lang
Seriously the moving tool used and usage of the tail lift looks nail biting risky and seems not strong enough for the job.
A completely unprofessional move of a grand piano, was this a new piano from the Steinway factory? I can't believe it was staff from the factory.
Bullshit. You, in fact are a moron. That is all you ever gonna be in your pathetic little life in your momma's basement.
Why don't they use an inflatable system, to be put in the middle, to gently tilt the piano horizontally, and gently deflate it until the feet touch the ground, it would be much simpler and much more effective to avoid straining the feet when rolling over.
you NEVER put a piano on an outside wall
Hay un medio círculo que se ancla al piano, se gira el piano y listo, a poner patas, me extraña que tuvieran ese modo un tanto poco profesional, pudo romperse la pata de los pedales.
Should always have professional piano mover to do the job! I have a new B Steinway delivered in 1988 from music store. Congratulations
I'm worried that it's too small for the space...
😂😂😂
Cool
would have been much better if you played a song on it at the end.
The piano is far too big for that space. A Steinway D is meant for a concert hall, not a room in a home. But beautiful instrument.
My back is killing me.
Insanely unprofessional.
Well, it’s an Abbott and Costello movie?
To: @meomeomeome - I agree with you. Here are several very important “No-No’s”, I spotted:
a.) to place such a large grand piano in such a small room {even though the Japanese doors ‘may’ open up [hopefully] onto a larger sitting-room or small auditorium},
b.) to place such a piano directly next to a full windowed wall {it is bound to have drafts}, but, because it is an “outside” wall, the temperature of the inside part of that wall will be lower than any of the other walls,
c.) by placing the piano alongside that full windowed wall, the piano is for certain hours of the day, directly in sunlight which heats up the surface of the ‘black’ gloss on the side and on that large lid, which over time causes cracking and/or fading.
d.) the edge of the right hand side of the keyboard is placed directly next to what looks like an electrically controlled gas indoor heater, thus making ‘that’ corner much hotter than any other point on the piano, which can & does wreak havoc with the ‘sound board’, the pins and strings.
It’s almost as if one couldn’t situate this piano in a “worse possible” manner.
Самый непрофессиональный способ установки рояля..
Педальную лиру устанавливают после опрокидывания на ножки..
Был слышен треск дерева лиры)))
12:35 This is absolutely ridiculous. Putting that much strain on the attachment of the leg to the body of the piano - and the pedal support! - by using them as lever to turn it upright. There's a simple device available with a curved bar that attaches to the piano and allows it to be turned easily, with no stress to the instrument. How can professional piano installers not have that?
Déménageurs nuls! C'est honteux. Il existe un berceau en demi-cercle qui permet de faire basculer le piano sans endommager les pieds ou la lyre Ce ne sont évidemment pas des professionnels sérieuxj.
something is wrong with the way they deliver definitely not the standard procedure
Shows how strongly piano's are build when they survive even this maltreatment.
What the white shirt guy doing there baby seating the movers 😮
Awesome instrument. Those movers unfortunately didn't know what they were doing. Is it a New York or Hamburg D?
@@chenstxxx Nice! How do you like the Model D? I've played a few and love the massive bass, power, and rich tone of them.
@@pianoplayer2516 I have my piano lesson at local Steinway dealer for years. Played all models for pre-lesson warm up and student recitals. Also visited New York factory to try many rebuilt B and D’s back from the music festival. Only model D is the perfect piano, not B. Some model D back from the music festival sounds beautifully with a good discount. As the factory used piano department does not take trade in at that time, I ended up buying the dealer store demo (used in 5 concerts only) with a discount that I cannot refuse. Not in the plan but it happened. The reason to change piano was always: no matter how hard I tried, I cannot get “that” sound. However, for model D, mechanic is also far better than smaller models. Cannot play entry level piano anymore.
@@chenstxxx Do you have any recordings of you playing on it? I checked your channel but it's full of biking videos lol Which is cool and all but i'd like to hear you play on this monster lol
@@PeaceNinja007 th-cam.com/video/yqXwHiSi0UM/w-d-xo.html
@@chenstxxx To me size matters and nothing smaller compares to the bass sound quality and action response of a concert grand in any brand.
Cassualy has a $300,000 Stienway & Sons Concert Gramd Piano in their living room
Piano stores closing across US as kids snub lessons for other activities
Brilliant job - you use the Lyre to take the weight of the Piano while setting it on its legs. Failing to do that carries the risk of breaking the back leg.
The lyre ? Where pedals go?
That doesn't sound very smart - - -
A Steinway model D is, what, $150K ? And someone let Curley, Larry and Moe deliver it like that? I'd imagine the customer was a bit nervous to say the least! I'd expect a bit more organization and care from the delivery company.
honestly this just seems so inefficient
And they were being guided by a man who only lifts the keyboard cover.
tHAT MUSTVE BEEN A VERY EXPENSIVE PIANO
Piano
I never used a skate on a Piano always proper piano wheels & all you need is a customer telling you what to do lmfao & put the Sustain Pedal on when the piano is in position
Just because you can, should you?
You guys should have had one of these:
th-cam.com/video/WKoEAEFmZJ4/w-d-xo.html
Show you how much I know! Watching made me “nervis”. PWG
Fusspot should not "help", just stay out of the way. Two guys moved my 1,000 lb. 7' foot M&H BB without my "help".
the weight of such Instrument is like a Harley Davidson dont put that on a Bobbycar- not easy to deliver and in this video ya can see that is a thriller .The owner must have nerves that it does come in one piece for god`s sake it stands .🍀🍀🍀well Art is funny but it does a lot of work
Moving a piano is always stressful lol. But right next to the window like that was a really dumb placement choice. It’s going to fade the cabinet and it will never stay in tune as the winter spring seasons change. UV and big temp swings aren’t a pianos friend. Such a shame to ruin such a nice and expensive instrument😢and who cares about the wheels. Adjust them after piano is on its legs. Lord almighty.
that is not a piano trolley prob because of the low entrance
Why does white shirt not just let them do their job?
White shirt is the piano store manager. He just changed previous piano moving company to a regular shipping company and need supervise them.
Because white shirt is the boss, and it's his insurance policy that's gonna payoff when these guys cause damage to a hundred thousand dollar piano. LOL!
That was a nightmare. Too many risks taken. Thee are way more efficient methods of doing this. The model is also disproportionately large for the playing space. Would make your teeth rattle.
Do NOT allow these movers to come with 100 feet of my 9'2" Bechstein
I bet that you don't even know how to play let along have one.
Esta mal he ho.
Amateure am Werk. Mit dem richtigen Rollwagen mit großen Rädern wäre alles halb so schwer gewesen.
Always use professional piano movers, not just any moving c9mpany. These guys are not familiar with the techniqu.e
Another brainless liberal.
Why didn't they wait and put the pedals on after piano was sitting on all legs. I wouldn't hire these guys
WTF is the shipper doing in that room at all. Get lost dude.
These guys are going about this all wrong. My business partner and I move 9’ Steineays 3-4 times a week for different venues. Just 2 people.