will my home hold the weight of a piano?

[jockette]

My parents are giving me their piano (which was originally purchased for me). My home was built in the 1950s, it's got a basement. I'm wondering will the house be able to hold up the piano. It's a cherry/red wood? I was told this was one of the heaviest wood. I have no idea how much the piano weighs... apparently more than your average one.

I've seen many older homes with pianos, I've never questioned whether the house will hold it up, but my sig.other is worried. I'm wondering if any of you have a similar set up, like if you have the piano sitting on top of a load bearing wall?

[gfiore]

No, the floor will not collapse. Some misconceptions here. Cherry is the wood used as a finish veneer. This veneer, less than 1/16" in thickness, is  applied to the outer surfaces of the case of the piano. There would be no significant difference in weight even in  identical pianos of the same make and model, but different finishes.
 The load of the piano(grand) is spread out over the floor by three legs. An upright by the wheels of the four casters.
 A 7 foot grand can weigh up to 850 pounds. A large upright 660 lbs. This is about the equivalent weight of 5 to 6 average adults. Would your floors collapse with 6 people standing in the room? No!  Unless you have severe termite damage to the load bearing members and floors of your house, there is no need to worry.

[jockette]

Thanks for the reply, I feel better. I just gotta come up with the money for a piano mover. I realized after reading your post that I could've googled the average weight to a piano

I found this
"Small pianos weigh in at 400-600 pounds, larger uprights in the 500-900 range, and grands can go as high as 1,200 pounds"
from https://www.duck-wave.com/tuning/faq.html

another source:
The following is from "The Piano Book" by Larry Fine:
The average spinet or console weighs in at from three hundred to five hundred pounds, full-size uprights at about seven hundred, but sometimes as much as a thousand. Grands vary from about five hundred to a thousand pounds though a concert grand may weigh as much as thirteen hundred.

[netzow]

Something else to keep in mind is that the joist's that hold your floor are rated to carry a certain amount of weight. The weight which they are rated to carry will be doubled before the joist will actually break. My Father is a contracter and I get this information from him.

[lau]

i always have had a slight  fear of the floor collapsing. It's just so much weight on everything...it's amazing how strong wood is