The best way to Lift and Move a piano: NO LIFTING!

Lifting a piano with a pneumatic jack you have right now. A basketball or soccer ball and a bike pump. After you have the dolly under the piano, go to other side with ball and pump up to get block out. Reverse process to get piano off of dolly.

Key Words: Ergonomic, safe, one person.

[kkluber]

I'm 72 and just put my very heavy player piano on a dolly that is 8" high. Took be about 20 minutes and the pumping was relatively easy. You are a genius

[essex]

I've moved pianos for 40 years....wish I had seen this video before I started! Wow. great idea

[MarkBatchelder]

We just used this method to lift and move an extremely heavy upright player piano so that we could install new flooring. We used an air compressor since we didn't have a girl with a bicycle pump. :-) It worked perfectly. There is no reason to risk injury lifting such a monstrous piano. Thanks so much for the idea!

[shinekraj]

4 more pumps Clara and exactly 4 pumps. Your sense of things is really good and a genius at work. :)

[hecuer]

Good work! Obviously if you were strong enough/had enough 'man' power there might be quicker ways. But he's just demonstrated that you don't simply need brute strength, and as someone else mentioned it was a clever and fun thing to do. Teaching his daughter to be resourceful is arguably more valuable than taking the quickest option relying on strength alone, when you may not have strength.

[gasman]

THIS IS GENIUS!!!
Just purchased a Kawai US50. A 700lbs piano and needed to level it properly. No way I was lifting that... the Basketball with my air compressor and a 2x4 worked incredibly. Would have never thought of using a basketball to do this... Kudos for this... thanks for posting..

[demeaningplebny]

Great idea! I wouldn't have thought of that in a million years. And your daughter is charming.

[evmcgowan]

Awesome video! Thanks a lot for posting. I just followed your technique and moved our piano with ease! It's amazing how strong basketballs are!

[ifination]

How many people do you know who decided to just power through a heavy lift and ended up with a bad back for life? This guy knows what it means to work smart. If you don't have a kid handy, an air compressor might be a good idea.

[DrTTolentino]

Shut The Front Door!!! This is Awesome!!! Thank you!

[gretchenjaskacrsgri]

Genius! Such a clever and simple solution, thanks!

[jlevasseur]

You don't want to use the dollies with the hard black wheels on hardwood floors. The nylon 4" gray wheels are softer and won't mark the wood.

[robdennis]

I did the same thing but used bricks while pumping, stabilizing, placing, and repeating. I cannot believe how easy it was. And the piano dolly was easy to push the 465-pound piano to the end of the house into a bedroom! My wood floors are still in one piece.

[banks]

Genius!!! Have to move a piano this weekend and needed suggestions. Last time I did this was 15 years ago and my back was in much better shape....thanks!!

[Lynnoraw]

This is brilliant! And I love that the daughter is learning right alongside with daddy. She is going to be a great engineer herself oneday, I bet.

[brookesalaz]

Great idea, nice that your daughter was there to learn too.

[beforhorn]

Brilliant! I'm trying to figure out a way that my son & I can move a piano from one room to another in my home. This will work for our situation perfectly. Thanks for sharing your great idea.😍

[mrjaube]

Genius!! Mover wanted to charge me $700 to move an old upright... I was able to use the basketball method and move it myself with my wife.. Thank you!!

[erinchristine]

Thanks so much for sharing this! I'm trying to move a piano all by myself so I really appreciate this technique!

[hitch]

I would be fired from my moving company if i used that hard wheeled dolly on those nice floors. Will leave a nice groove. Rubber wheels all day