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Topic: Someone is giving me a early 1900s Story & Clark upright, looking for info  (Read 5468 times)

Offline musicmnky

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Hi,

Someone is giving me an old Story & Clark upright piano.  It was made in the early 1900s.  It looks similiar to this style, but it has a large wood carving on the front display (very nice looking).

The piano is in decent condition, and all of the keys work except 2, which the strings need to be replaced (and all tuned).

QUESTION:
Im trying to find out what the best way to move this piano is.  Im not sure how much it weighs, and I have to go around a couple of corners of her house.  I plan on either renting a moving  truck with a ramp that goes up and down, or renting an open top trailer and pushing it up a ramp.

Anyone have a general idea how much a piano like this weighs? 

This is not the actual piano, but it looks very similiar


Offline gfiore

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 The best advice you will ever hear. Get professional piano movers please. The weight displacements of a vertical piano are'nt like ordinary furniture, and your either going to hurt yourself, or damage a lot of the womens house. Those turnof the century pianos can top out at 1000 lbs. Be smart get movers. I have seen the aftermaths of too many do it yourself moves, and the pianos, and people doing the moving were not a pretty sight.
George Fiore  aka "Curry"
 Piano Technician serving the central New Jersey Area.
My piano- A 2004 Bosendorfer Model 214 #47,299 214-358
 

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