Hello Weatherman!

** 25.03.20 - 13:28, Weatherman wrote to Vk3jed:

There's a good chance I may be getting a house built later this year. If
that comes to pass. I'll definitely be getting Ethernet cabling pre
installed, so I can have solid wired infrastructure in every room.

Sounds great! Much easier to run the wires before the walls and home is
completely built.

I did all the ethernet drops before out basement was finished which made
some of the work easier. The rest, I used an old gas hot water heater
exhaust as a conduit to get everything to the attic and then down the 2nd
floor walls.

Reminds me of my house, before the walls were finished and and before the front door was attached, my upright piano was hauled in and up a semi-
flight of stairs, around a small turn and into the main living room.

Now, there is no way to get the piano out (which I would like to do)
without taking it apart piece by piece.


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Reminds me of my house, before the walls were finished and and before the front door was attached, my upright piano was hauled in and up a semi- flight of stairs, around a small turn and into the main living room.

Now, there is no way to get the piano out (which I would like to do)
without taking it apart piece by piece.

Was just recently wondering how people had pianos put in their homes. Sounds like once they are in, they are in forever unless you somehow take it completely apart.

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Hello Weatherman!

** 29.03.20 - 13:36, Weatherman wrote to Ogg:

Now, there is no way to get the piano out (which I would like to do)
without taking it apart piece by piece.

Was just recently wondering how people had pianos put in their homes.
Sounds like once they are in, they are in forever unless you somehow take
it completely apart.

Most pianos can be manoeuvered well enough. In my case the piano was
hauled in before the stair railing was attached and before all the studs
in one particular wall were installed. We just passed the piano through
the pre-studed wall as a shortcut. And, the floors were still bare
plywood at the time. So, any scuffs or drag marks were of no consequence.

It's a solid oak upright. It's a shame to have to take it apart, but quite frankly there is no other option. I imagine that maybe a couple pieces could be repurposed for shelving or a couple of table tops.

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It's a solid oak upright. It's a shame to have to take it apart, but quite frankly there is no other option. I imagine that maybe a couple pieces

Is she a timber frame or steel frame job? If you want to keep it post moving it, I'd say you just need a piano man. Those things will disassemble a long
way with a minimum of fuss. Trouble is they're like a jigsaw to put back together.

Its not for nothing, that in the dem good ol' days you used to have a load bearing beam hanging out the gable end with a pair of doors behind it. You could get unwieldy furniture in and out that way. Depending on your house construction it might still be possible to do someting similar.

Back in the first house I ever bought, we ended up taking out a window to get �a wardrobe into a room. It was a sexy art deco thing fitted with the home �reno nicely. But she was a big beast... didn't want to get through the door �going down the hallway.

Spec

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It's a solid oak upright. It's a shame to have to take it apart, but quite frankly there is no other option. I imagine that maybe a couple pieces

Is she a timber frame or steel frame job? If you want to keep it post moving it, I'd say you just need a piano man. Those things will disassemble a long
way with a minimum of fuss. Trouble is they're like a jigsaw to put back together.

Its not for nothing, that in the dem good ol' days you used to have a load bearing beam hanging out the gable end with a pair of doors behind it. You could get unwieldy furniture in and out that way. Depending on your house construction it might still be possible to do someting similar.

Back in the first house I ever bought, we ended up taking out a window to get a
wardrobe into a room. It was a sexy art deco thing fitted with the home reno nicely. But she was a big beast... didn't want to get through the door going down the hallway.

Spec

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Hello Spectre!

** 30.03.20 - 15:40, Spectre wrote to Ogg:

It's a solid oak upright. It's a shame to have to take it apart, but
quite frankly there is no other option. I imagine that maybe a couple
pieces

Is she a timber frame or steel frame job? If you want to keep it post
moving it, I'd say you just need a piano man. Those things will disassemble
a long way with a minimum of fuss. Trouble is they're like a jigsaw to put
back together.

Yeah.. a piano mover would probably be the normal way to do it. But my situation is not normal. There is actually a discarded couch in front of
the piano now. The couch is the folding-bed types - very heavy! It too
needs to be dismantled inorder to be removed.

When the house was being built, we (I) couldn't decide the best location
for it. The location of the load bearing beams relied on that decision,
so my dad (who was the principal carpenter/builder of the house) decided
that the best thing to do was to put in the floor-beams in a diagonal:

+---------------- d+w -----------+
| ---1--- |
| Dining room --|
w --/--|
| --/--/| |
| --/--/ | |
+--------- d -----| --/--/ 2 |
|-/--/ | |
|-/ | |
|| Living |
Kitchen |3 Room |
|| |
|| |
| |
+-------- d -----+

Legend:

w = window
d = door
1 = piano
2 = piano
3 = piano

The piano has found its way in ALL three locations over the years!

It is presently in location 3.

(BTW.. the drawing was super easy with textik.com)

Back in the first house I ever bought, we ended up taking out a window to
get a wardrobe into a room. It was a sexy art deco thing fitted with the
home reno nicely. But she was a big beast... didn't want to get through the
door going down the hallway.

Typically, hallways in most home designs were narrow (to maximize useable space for the actual rooms). My mom was the architect for this house, and she wanted wide hallways. Moving traditional furniture in and out was made easy.

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