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Stewart Wrighter
It is common these days for anyone with heavy or awkward pieces of furniture to call in the experts when they have to be shifted. However, with the advent of some rather clever little wheeled sets of equipment, this could be done by just one person. Piano dollies are adjustable wheel sets which fit under even the most unusual shape piano and can be moved from room to room at will. Indeed, a piano dolly could well be used for other furniture moving too depending on what it is. These instruments normally have high value and getting them shifted used to cost a lot of money. Specialist firms would have to be brought in with an army of helpers to manhandle the equipment wherever it had to go. However, now, and because of some rather innovative designs, adjustable wheel sets have hit the market with a vengeance. The strong wheels, made small and set into low attachments, and have several different designs. The grand keyboard normally has a triangular shape with rather thin legs at each corner. The adjustable set for this kind of instrument has arms which mimic exactly where the legs are. Once fitted directly under each leg, the wheel set is made stable so that no movement of the legs is possible. It is then a matter of just pushing the instrument to wherever it is needed. Once in situ, the wheels are removed, folded down and put away for use at a future date. Upright instruments hold a different problem of course since these have no legs to speak of. Rather, this rather box like structure is long in length so for this two sets of wheels are necessary. They are attached at either end and the same thing applies when pushing them to wherever they are to be situated. However, the difference here is that most people leave them on the instrument permanently so that moving it is easy all the time. It would seem then that people no longer have to strain themselves to move around these wonderful musical instruments. There is no need for strained backs or pulled muscles anymore since most of the work is done by these handy little gadgets. Neither is there need to have a runaway thirteen hundred pound instrument crushing all in its path which is so beloved of comedy movies through the ages. Everyone tends to love their wonderful musical instruments but it is sad to see how many are damaged when they have to be moved around. But by sourcing some of this handy equipment, this could just be the end of all that. Indeed, there are several specialist companies which sell a variety of moving equipment with keyboards and heavy furniture in mind. Once bought, of course, these can be used on multiple occasions or just left in situ depending on what is needed. Considering how much these instruments cost, or how much they would cost to replace, it is well worth the expense to make moving much safer than before.
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