How to Move a Piano

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  • čas přidán 12. 06. 2011
  • We hired Music Box to move our Baby Grand Piano. They were strong and they were great, just what you need to do the job properly. I'm a strong man but these guys were amazing! I'd say don't mess with em, especially Fred the "HEAD" mover !
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  • @lambo88
    @lambo88 Před 3 lety +10

    Next minute: "Oh wait I forgot my wife wanted the piano to be downstairs".

  • @matthewjones255
    @matthewjones255 Před rokem +4

    1:22 “Could you take the dog for a second.”
    That piano mover guy is infinitely more polite and patient than I would be. I would be using some serious Anglo-Saxon if the homeowner had a dog running around while I’m trying to move a grand piano.

  • @searching4the
    @searching4the Před 4 lety +21

    "What's your favorite piano concerto?"
    "The one where you shut the hell up and get your damn dog out from underfoot in Bb."

  • @lesmovingforyou
    @lesmovingforyou Před 11 lety +148

    HOW TO DISTRACT YOUR MOVERS. 1 Follow them with a camera. 2 Unleash your dog and allow it to annoy them. 3 Small talk with the movers at critical moments of the move. 4 Question the amount of experience the movers have as they attempt the most difficult part of the move. 5 Make suggestions every time you see them struggle and if you can't think of one, 6 ask them questions like why they don't have a crane or a magic carpet.Six simple steps that will definitely cause them to knock over a vase.

    • @stevespeck3586
      @stevespeck3586 Před 6 lety +16

      My thought exactly. Absolutely no concept of the importance of allowing people to get on with their job.

    • @elfuckinmalcriao3507
      @elfuckinmalcriao3507 Před 5 lety +1

      Lester Carriere lmao

    • @erinarellano1666
      @erinarellano1666 Před 5 lety +10

      This is practically every customer I've ever dealt with.
      A & A Piano Moving
      Albuquerque, New Mexico
      Jeremiah W

    • @GarbandPals
      @GarbandPals Před 4 lety +6

      Typical boomer. Probably didn’t tip either.

    • @rayogaro503
      @rayogaro503 Před 3 lety

      To move any pianos is to learn your 3ps. Personal, Property and Piano. 🎹🎹

  • @djjeff1727
    @djjeff1727 Před 7 lety +48

    i was a piano mover for a day - was the worst job in my life. people just stood there and were so amused, as my legs trembled at the disbelief how heavy the freakin thing was. i commend you guys... you are real men in my book.

  • @HordPianoStudio
    @HordPianoStudio Před 9 lety +25

    Very PATIENT piano movers...

  • @aznguitar
    @aznguitar Před 8 lety +27

    Man that old guy went beastmode. Respect.

  • @2b88player4
    @2b88player4 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Worth recording. All movers are under appreciated for the many fetes that they go through to deliver satisfaction. I applaud those guys for their ingenuity to get you your piano where you wanted it. Bravo, Guys! The person recording, you owed us a performance of thanks for all their work. And to see your product.

  • @xxavierlavell2180
    @xxavierlavell2180 Před 4 lety +6

    At 3:29 when he grabbed the glass ..my heart dropped.

  • @csheets40
    @csheets40 Před 4 lety +5

    Of course, there is a glass-paned, double-leveled stairway. How much worse could it be? These movers are beasts!!

  • @johnwicks3652
    @johnwicks3652 Před 5 lety +15

    Man I'm a mover and goddamn that old man strong af

  • @4enginerule
    @4enginerule Před 4 lety +5

    Respect to these guys... Some twenty years ago a friend asked me to help move a piano. It was a smallish upright piano and damn.... I still remember that experience to this day!! Those things are heavy as you can not imagine! We were 3 and we almost gave up and were almost dead after we finished.
    That was one experience I vowed not to repeat in my life, and so far am succeeding at it!!

  • @ourcollectiveinsanity
    @ourcollectiveinsanity Před 7 lety +14

    thats a strong old man right there, i hope to be that strong at his age.

  • @CarlosHerrera-um5xs
    @CarlosHerrera-um5xs Před 4 lety +4

    What blows the most is after the job, fattigue cramps and a deep sense of "man today sucked gotta do it again tomorrow".....

  • @csheets40
    @csheets40 Před 5 lety +4

    I can feel the tension and anxiety for everyone involved. Dear Lord. The dynamic music fits the scene!!
    Nice job movers, you are so incredibly strong!!

  • @charleskelly1887
    @charleskelly1887 Před 10 lety +19

    This customer asks all the same questions of these guys they asked me every day. "How many do you move?" "How heavy is that?" "Do you play?" Everybody has to tell you about Laurel and Hardy.

  • @sgrroiii
    @sgrroiii Před 12 lety +8

    Good job . As any real mover knows , you use whatever you can to get it up & in . Shoulder , head whatever it takes.

  • @cod4madass
    @cod4madass Před 12 lety +4

    that guys head played a vital part in the moving of the piano.

  • @lennycordeiro5230
    @lennycordeiro5230 Před 5 lety +27

    Just wait, everything is all good now but they will complain of scuffs on the floor that were already there

  • @southbay281
    @southbay281 Před 10 lety +16

    good job. ive been a mover for ten years so far and Dam! you guys did it good. great communication skills. good job in analyzing the terrain. i bet you made a pretty penny.

  • @AmadeusPiano
    @AmadeusPiano Před 4 lety +2

    That's an awesome effort! Talk about using your head, my man. Great job and awesome big men working as a good team. Thank you for posting.

  • @orlandow1723
    @orlandow1723 Před 4 lety +4

    Im a piano mover now and i'm horrified to see how this guy is pushing with his head! I've never done it that way and still had to get four vertebra fused together... I know he lost a couple of inches in height through the years!

  • @eddiaz3467
    @eddiaz3467 Před 6 lety

    Im a Mover for moré then 40yrs and this s just a moving da for them, Bit some pepole will show thier thank you and GIVE A MOVER A GOOD TIP , GOD BLESS THOSE BOYS

  • @keanusiganoff
    @keanusiganoff Před 5 lety +3

    Why was I waiting for the owner to start playing the Tchaikovsky piano concerto? LOL

  • @cuibono4life
    @cuibono4life Před 4 lety +1

    Rugby skills in full effect.

  • @johnstockwood3295
    @johnstockwood3295 Před 6 lety +3

    Never stick your hands under the skid

  • @gmollink
    @gmollink Před 7 lety +13

    at 4:33 the old man is thinking ( i´m to old for this shit )

    • @wisdomandlove1661
      @wisdomandlove1661 Před 5 lety

      After age 40 carrying weight is at your own risk because you can damage a body part that may not be easily replaced biologically.

  • @nicholas3234
    @nicholas3234 Před 10 lety +2

    nice job you guys team work all was work out well

  • @joshcross4739
    @joshcross4739 Před 5 lety +3

    💪💪💪💪 old man get it done

  • @verynubplayer7789
    @verynubplayer7789 Před 3 lety +1

    You guys are Amazing!

  • @wiseinvestor7596
    @wiseinvestor7596 Před 3 měsíci

    Annoying customers smh..... Great job, guys. # Under appreciated.

  • @7hecu77er
    @7hecu77er Před 5 lety +2

    I bet they appreciated being filmed throughout.... "you ever dropped one?"... "No,no non no no..."

  • @studentjohn35
    @studentjohn35 Před 3 lety

    So happy that all 3 legs were attached BEFORE the pedals were attached.

  • @AlexLanger80
    @AlexLanger80 Před 12 lety +1

    Oh man, i think these guys do this transport in a complete other wise, then we do. So much pain on the head of the "strongest one"
    Greets to you! Good job!

  • @mountainadventures7346
    @mountainadventures7346 Před 4 lety +1

    I’ve moved a ton of them in my life. Mayflower (my dads agency) and Atlas. And friends and family..... It’s an art and not for the weak.

  • @Roberth911able
    @Roberth911able Před 12 lety

    a lot of respect for them

  • @dosgos
    @dosgos Před 6 lety

    Awesome video!

  • @Mukundanghri
    @Mukundanghri Před 5 lety

    Well done!

  • @galaxyzcityz5771
    @galaxyzcityz5771 Před 2 lety +1

    Who ever is recording I hoped you “Tip” them

  • @dumpsterstu4474
    @dumpsterstu4474 Před 2 lety

    Have to move a pump organ up then down a set. Then an upright downstairs you guys are beasts!

  • @TheTektronik
    @TheTektronik Před 4 lety

    They must be paying these people a great deal of cash for moving such a delicate piece of furniture.

  • @joedevitto6113
    @joedevitto6113 Před 2 lety

    That sure was a challenge on that , but they did it ..

  • @calvinfranklin5052
    @calvinfranklin5052 Před 6 lety

    Bravo!

  • @peterpowers4851
    @peterpowers4851 Před 5 lety

    They earned their pay that day.

  • @LPJ2
    @LPJ2 Před 8 lety

    Company a conversation with such music is pretty funny , but none or less .

  • @lurrinen
    @lurrinen Před 5 lety +1

    Uhh...
    No uh-
    I don't ha- I don't ha- I don't...
    *takes a sip from water bottle*
    I don't have a piano...
    But I do have a fifteen year old daughter, that needs a date to the dance on friday.

  • @PepperGeorge
    @PepperGeorge Před 2 lety +1

    This customer would annoy the heck out of me, asking questions during critical parts of the job, asking about their expertise in the middle of raising the piano, dumb suggestions about the crane, no wonder they almost dropped a vase. He's lucky his dog survived this, since he was too busy getting into movers faces instead of curbing the dog.

  • @mattski1979
    @mattski1979 Před 5 lety +1

    We're gonna move in six months

  • @Mafr0
    @Mafr0 Před 5 lety

    Somebody get these guys a cerveza!

  • @MarkVeenman730314
    @MarkVeenman730314 Před 7 lety +1

    "1,2, hup." No guessing where he's from! #NLboven

  • @nyrider8396
    @nyrider8396 Před 3 lety

    With all the modern technologies, can they make lightweight pianos with quality sounds?

  • @tonyspade3447
    @tonyspade3447 Před rokem

    Not bad, It's easier to keep it tilted and slide it towards the stairs at a 45. Then the pushing is the only hard part

  • @pythagerusjason0201
    @pythagerusjason0201 Před 10 lety +1

    Hook a refer dollie to the piano board. This is how you destroy fragile steps, pianos, and movers backs!

  • @RobinPratt
    @RobinPratt Před 6 lety

    One of those great electric piano stair-climbers would have made short work of this huge job!

    • @Winning781
      @Winning781 Před 6 lety

      TUNE THATPIANO moving 1 piano is not a huge job. Many moving jobs we have to move a piano along with everything else in the house. I would love moving only pianos all day. In and out each job. It's a different ball game when the piano is only one small part of the whole job.

  • @ohraider
    @ohraider Před 8 lety

    Tchaikovsky - piano concerto no. 1

  • @CommanderJ135
    @CommanderJ135 Před 4 lety

    Ohh god mind the glass 😮🤯

  • @bryanharris625
    @bryanharris625 Před 7 lety +1

    these guy really know what they are doing when it come to moving a piano. household mover that mostly move your belongings from one house to an other, they also know how to move all kinds of pianos. so if your moving from one house to an other and you have a grand piano, i would make sure that the moving company that you are going with has experience with moving all types of piano.

    • @erinarellano1666
      @erinarellano1666 Před 5 lety

      Any company and practically any person with strong legs and forearms can move an upright piano fairly easily, it starts to turn into a specialist field when you get a 5ft baby grand
      A & A Piano Moving
      Albuquerque, New Mexico
      Jeremiah W

  • @selidbemilosevic2138
    @selidbemilosevic2138 Před 7 lety

    Uh. Bravo kolege!

  • @tamshari9212
    @tamshari9212 Před 4 lety

    My piano arriving to my new home by #You👂👂

  • @jaded2424
    @jaded2424 Před 8 lety

    Way to use your head Fred.

  • @el-hp1lj
    @el-hp1lj Před 4 lety

    how much was the tip? 100 per man?

  • @kenm4739
    @kenm4739 Před 3 lety

    The guy on the bottom doing nothing needs to be given a strap and put up top with the guy doing all the work

  • @DFyffe
    @DFyffe Před 6 lety

    They got it up and that's great, but Fred the Head's so damn lucky he didn't loosen or break the glass banister.
    The biggest problem however, was that the blanket on the stairs created such a highly dangerous situation it could've made Fred very very dead. Heavy sideways-ish pound force against smooth blankets usually results in slippage due to friction. If that had occurred and top guy loses his grip ....Fred's neck would be the only thing between the ground and a 1000lb Baby Grand. w = mg

  • @ymtengkufaizalgreg1835
    @ymtengkufaizalgreg1835 Před 11 lety

    mine doesn't fit the elevator... the movers have to carry it all the way by stairs...

  • @rogershaffer1
    @rogershaffer1 Před 11 měsíci

    Ever heard of a crane?

  • @Davidh741
    @Davidh741 Před 4 lety

    how about offering them a drink and 20 bucks each Jesus man.

  • @axk1313
    @axk1313 Před 12 lety

    Come to Poland , we show you, how we make it :P

  • @DevPythonUnity
    @DevPythonUnity Před 5 lety

    hahah, i would just hire them to move the piano up and down, each weak, Just for pure pleasure of watching haha

  • @chenelson185
    @chenelson185 Před 7 lety

    that;s irish rocky barboa

  • @algraz298
    @algraz298 Před 6 lety +1

    8:17 "da-da-da-daaaaaa" is the Beethoven 5th Symphony, not piano Concerto as you asked....

  • @jasontereska7237
    @jasontereska7237 Před 8 lety

    There has to be better floor protection than the moving pads. They have a tendency to slide out from underneath you when lifting heavy items like this

    • @victorsmith776
      @victorsmith776 Před 8 lety

      we use carpet tack and rug runners where I work. the rug runners are rubber so they grip wood a lot better but even they slipout time to time

  • @GigiGigi-vv6px
    @GigiGigi-vv6px Před 3 lety

    I'an from România i'deal with something like this within the csr group company(on youtube)and i want to work in the US in this field,co you help me?

  • @lennycordeiro5230
    @lennycordeiro5230 Před 5 lety

    I used to do 3 to 5 a week,

  • @distantlands
    @distantlands  Před 11 lety

    Yes the big mover is Dutch I believe!

    • @ThePC3D
      @ThePC3D Před 4 lety

      Did he damage the stairs?

  • @GigiGigi-vv6px
    @GigiGigi-vv6px Před 3 lety

    Csr group ,România tough

  • @ronniem3592
    @ronniem3592 Před 7 lety

    The camera man is Elliot Gould

  • @whitelamborghinigoesskrrts9948

    haha that plant tho wtf ....

  • @DAVIDLOPEZ-oy1bk
    @DAVIDLOPEZ-oy1bk Před 9 lety +2

    THE PROBLEM WITH EXPERIENCE MOVERS IS ALL ARE EXPERT AND KNOW EVERYTHING, NOBODY KNOWS MORE THAN THEM, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THINGS WELL IS AS THEY SAY,FOR THEM THERE IS NO OTHER WAY AND NEVER DARE TO GIVE THEM ADVICE , YOU INSUL THEM!!!!!! OF THOSE THERE ARE MANY COMMENTED HERE.

  • @carnitaselchicho5601
    @carnitaselchicho5601 Před 2 lety

    No le sucede nada al piano cuando se apoya en dos patas en el suelo??

  • @saosalazar5585
    @saosalazar5585 Před 5 lety

    Couldn't a dolly with straps have done it

  • @ligerx45
    @ligerx45 Před 12 lety

    2:19 dont put you're head in the grand!

  • @moxigeren50gabe23
    @moxigeren50gabe23 Před 8 lety +1

    Concerto no 1 by Thavkovsky yes!!!!

  • @lennyp4782
    @lennyp4782 Před 8 lety

    I agree with some here. They were lucky not to have gotten hurt. Especially whe the older guy used the glas to push himself ( and the piano) up those stairs. I'm 5ft. 5 inches and I've moved a piano with another man a little bigger than myself. I'm not saying it was a walk in the park, but it was always a lot safer than that. It doesn't help when the shipper is in your face with a camera, but I'm sure he thinks he's covering his ass when he does it ,and all he's doing is getting in the way and making the movers uncomfortable and pissed off, nobody likes that when moving a heavy piece. A simple couple of still photos will suffice for a claim. But , they got it done( that time, who knows how many claims they have) to live to move another piano.

  • @willemvdr12
    @willemvdr12 Před 11 lety

    Nederlanders!!! (at least one man is dutch right?)

  • @enzoferrarii4800
    @enzoferrarii4800 Před 4 lety

    The neck s

  • @ToaAulika
    @ToaAulika Před 7 lety

    Hama at home

  • @lennycordeiro5230
    @lennycordeiro5230 Před 5 lety

    Damn bro you did the wrong roids

  • @LuckyMan-zr6nu
    @LuckyMan-zr6nu Před 3 lety

    I get tired just watching them and listening background music. I need a brake.

  • @persexpress
    @persexpress Před 12 lety

    i like my skull! i rather do it my way :-)

  • @orlandow1723
    @orlandow1723 Před 8 lety +18

    I'm a professional piano mover and yes it is def a mans job

  • @csbaucu1
    @csbaucu1 Před 10 lety

    That can't be good for your neck.These guys need a shoulder dolly.

  • @eddydem9738
    @eddydem9738 Před 4 lety

    Hello respect for what you do! but that’s not how a piano was made 😂.

  • @eddydem9738
    @eddydem9738 Před 4 lety

    🤣😂😂😂😂

  • @saintjohn6820
    @saintjohn6820 Před 7 lety +2

    The head pushing technique is not really the best way to move a grand piano

    • @northernpianotuner3319
      @northernpianotuner3319 Před 7 lety +1

      I thought he was merely keeping his head in its usual place (on his shoulders) while pushing with his shoulders.

    • @erinarellano1666
      @erinarellano1666 Před 5 lety +1

      Correct he is pushing with his shoulders and keeping his head in place over the keyboard to prevent the piano from tipping. It seems like over half of the internet isn't paying attention. This is why the average person can't move a piano.
      A & A Piano Moving
      Albuquerque, New Mexico
      Jeremiah W

  • @alexeytatarov1850
    @alexeytatarov1850 Před 8 lety

    Молодцы ребята! Вы настоящие профессионалы!

  • @johnstockwood3295
    @johnstockwood3295 Před 6 lety +1

    These guy's have no clue what there doing i ve done it for 20 years. 3 big guys should have it up in one go

  • @wanah1wanah2wanah123
    @wanah1wanah2wanah123 Před 7 lety

    get a sled ho ho ho

    • @wanah1wanah2wanah123
      @wanah1wanah2wanah123 Před 7 lety

      the guy filming with his comments have you ever dropped one and it's a long way down

    • @wanah1wanah2wanah123
      @wanah1wanah2wanah123 Před 7 lety +2

      do they have a retirement home for piano movers really guy

  • @joreva2332
    @joreva2332 Před 3 lety

    Not tips

  • @ghostryda604
    @ghostryda604 Před 11 lety +3

    Those guys moved a grand piano up this guys flawlessly and he didn't tip them? LOL! What a butt sponge!

  • @aspic59
    @aspic59 Před 9 lety +4

    A good job?? These men seem unexperienced. They have not the dedicate lashing to lift the piano. Uncredible!

    • @fullcontact5732
      @fullcontact5732 Před 6 lety +1

      Moron.

    • @erinarellano1666
      @erinarellano1666 Před 5 lety +1

      These days you don't need to lash a piano. Two good Rachetstraps connected to the board and two commercial grade rubber bands holding the lid is sufficient
      A & A Piano Moving
      Albuquerque, New Mexico
      Jeremiah W