Graeme wrote:

In message , Bill
writes

About 15 years ago we moved house and thought the old piano would fall
apart in the move, so we bought a second piano at a good price from a
teacher, and put it in the new house.

Slightly off on a tangent, but just how heavy, and difficult to move, is
an upright piano?

I can speak from experience on this. I moved an old iron framed
upright with a burly mate for my girlfriend from a 1st floor flat.

They are *very very* heavy.

We used ratchet straps slung around the legs to lower/slide it down
the stairs on blankets.

We then lumped it on its back on a trailer and bounced it down the A23
in the rain under a scrap of plastic sheet to my (then) girlfriends
house.

She let it settle for a week or so, then had it tuned.

Lasted 5 years with her, then she traded it in for a newer, better
quality upright.

They are quite hardy.

Cheers,

Paul.