Eagle Van Lines Wrecking Our Piano

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • This clip shows an Eagle Van Lines moving team attempting to move our piano up a single flight of stairs without a proper piano board or straps. This resulted in substantial damage to a corner of the piano as it broke loose and slid off the jury-rigged board and scraped along the pavement. My wife and I finally instructed the team to stop as it became apparent they did not know how to move a piano, had already damaged the piece, and might cause injury to themselves. This should be a lesson to both moving companies and those having their possessions moved that the right equipment makes even the most difficult pieces safe to move.

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  • @bilalakbar5708
    @bilalakbar5708 9 років тому +45

    at 5:00 she has the nerve to ask "why don't they get piano movers" and his response, "I don't know".......... wow, really???? so it's the movers fault? Cheap corner cutting assholes should have hired piano movers to move their piano. or at least hand her the camera and lend a helping hand or better yet just tell them to stop. At the end of the day recognize the part you're playing in this catastrophe.

  • @Sharak19
    @Sharak19 8 років тому +96

    Man if I had a big expensive grand piano i would not let some moving company move it in the first place. I would call Steinway and pay the extra $400. They usually give a free professional tuning with move, as well.

    • @paschalisdegoudis1540
      @paschalisdegoudis1540 6 років тому +1

      Pedarsag That's the best thing one could do!

    • @ronhendon6381
      @ronhendon6381 5 років тому +7

      Pedarsag you would be surprised what moving a piano can cost. $400 wouldn’t even get piano movers to your house. I’m pricing a short move now and I’m getting priced around $2,800 wish it was cheaper but we see what can happen if they don’t have experience

    • @dpz9872
      @dpz9872 4 роки тому +2

      Yupp.
      But unlike these idiots your piano is probably worth more than $399 to begin with.

    • @h1vemind815
      @h1vemind815 4 роки тому +3

      Actually what happened was that the movers wouldn't let us call piano movers, this video was posted to show the moving company what they were doing wrong.

    • @meredithduffy5116
      @meredithduffy5116 3 роки тому +5

      @@ronhendon6381 I work for a piano moving company and our base price for this piano would be $300. Sounds like you need to shop around more.

  • @trainwreck9804
    @trainwreck9804 8 років тому +94

    Looks like what happens when a customer cuts corners and can't afford a house for a piano like that or afford PIANO movers. Should have done it yourselves with your wives help and your cheap negative attitudes.

    • @243wayne1
      @243wayne1 7 років тому +8

      Exaaaaaaaaaaaaactly...

    • @craig853
      @craig853 5 років тому +11

      Yes, get off the camera and lend a hand. That would have been more helpful than the two of you yakking. @@243wayne1

    • @alexnakib4350
      @alexnakib4350 5 років тому +2

      Exactly what I said and didn't see your comment until after I left mine but that goes to show you people with common sense agree on the same thing.

    • @bigrigJim
      @bigrigJim 4 роки тому +2

      BINGO !

    • @gniteirene.
      @gniteirene. 4 роки тому +5

      Hire a piano mover then lend a hand, talking about common sense. Lol, only problem here is these piano movers aren't qualified for this job

  • @anthonythompson4705
    @anthonythompson4705 2 роки тому +66

    There's a special place in hell for customers that say move the piano upstairs and instantly start recording you and critiquing your work

    • @gamemylifeaway1112
      @gamemylifeaway1112 2 роки тому +18

      indeed. at one point she said "this has happenned too many times"... and they keep doing it and keep moving. im a mover. i just dont do pianos. there's specialized companies for that. we move household goods not concert hall equipment

    • @slimjim340
      @slimjim340 2 роки тому +4

      I was a piano mover with the movie company. Every time I had a piano I knew it was going to be difficult as I watched this video I felt great fish sympathy for the men tried to get it upstairs

    • @robswan4170
      @robswan4170 Рік тому

      You have to much time on your hands

    • @dalemiller5893
      @dalemiller5893 6 місяців тому

      Being a x removalist iam sorry to say these unskilled whoever guys need a lot of training it's a hard call especially when the clients are giving you the shits 😂

    • @dudley5658
      @dudley5658 5 місяців тому

      Agreed. She should have to see her gyno if she wanted her camera back.

  • @chevesAC
    @chevesAC 4 роки тому +57

    As a mover myself for 7 years. You should also know when to say no if you don’t have experience with pianos. These guys were just making a fool of themselves.

    • @Hewhodoesntgiveafck
      @Hewhodoesntgiveafck 2 роки тому +1

      How many pianos have you moved in that 7 years?

    • @blakebauer3539
      @blakebauer3539 2 роки тому +3

      I’ve been moving for 6-7 months I’ve done 5 pianos with no problem you just need guys who can lift

    • @ruthberesford1198
      @ruthberesford1198 2 роки тому +3

      It's a ridiculous idea to take something so heavy and awkward UP THE STAIRS !

    • @ruthberesford1198
      @ruthberesford1198 2 роки тому +4

      @@Hewhodoesntgiveafck I REFUSED EVERY PLANO JOB IN 20 YEARS ..... JUST NOT WORTH IT !

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 Рік тому

      I've moved maybe 80-100 baby grands, a handful of grand pianos, and a couple concert grands. These guys are just awful. If you're not strong enough to pick it up, tilt the piano up on the piano board and slide an appliance dolly under the board. We always just picked it up by the handles and just manned up and went with it, but just saying there's other ways to not brutalize a piano

  • @revelations420
    @revelations420 8 років тому +71

    Thank God I learned how to play guitar instead. I never have this problem

    • @davebugg7648
      @davebugg7648 5 років тому +3

      However, I've had more guitars stolen than pianos.

    • @dpz9872
      @dpz9872 4 роки тому +2

      I play the Bluetooth, all 4 pounds of it.

  • @jgrubbs2891
    @jgrubbs2891 8 років тому +15

    This isnt in there defense... BUT why the fuck do people move HEAVY ASS SHIT upstairs? Even with proper equipment its still SUPER FUCKIN HEAVY!!!!

  • @albepraroj3670
    @albepraroj3670 8 років тому +10

    It's your fault for not hiring pros

  • @topshelfjunkremoval8912
    @topshelfjunkremoval8912 3 роки тому +14

    Wow this is old but I wanted to comment anyways. I own a junk removal company. We also do moving. Currently, I’m trying to focus more on moving than I have before.
    Here are my thoughts: No.
    We have been in a few situations where a customer is pushing us to do something, try this, try that, it will fit.
    Personally, I’ll refund them some of their money and refuse. We don’t do pianos. Even if they can get it, it’s not worth damaging the item or property. Most importantly, my back is worth more than $500. Pianos should be subbed out to a piano moving company with a special jack.
    Anybody who comments saying “real movers do this or that.”
    Real Movers will not forcefully relocate anything that will cause even the slightest damage to one’s property.
    No legitimate company would have tried to do this in my opinion.

  • @emilioalonzo579
    @emilioalonzo579 7 років тому +16

    As if this line of work isn't already hard enough, and then to have you people just watching anticipating some fucken miracle out of the smurf family with improper equipment..some customers are annoying af

    • @adamsardella981
      @adamsardella981 3 роки тому +2

      LMFAO...Yea bud. Moving is super hard......

    • @asylumofnightmares8250
      @asylumofnightmares8250 3 роки тому

      they’re being payed to do a specific job and they’re doing it incorrectly and damaging people’s EXPENSIVE items in the process. this one’s on the movers.

  • @miken6835
    @miken6835 9 років тому +83

    I work for a professional moving company this guy and his wife had completely unrealistic expectations. That is a baby grand piano it weighs about 800 to1000 pounds with the legs off. Most companies including the one I work for do not cover damage caused by trying to move pianos of any kind for this reason. Even using a piano board you would need guys on each side evenly carrying the weight, and the piano must remain level. Attempting a carry up the stairs like that without damage to the stairs, the piano, or injury to the movers would be completely unreasonable. I have no doubt the guy in charge explained it was impossible without hoisting equipment, and I am sure the guy holding the camera said "Well it has to" a response I have heard so many times when a professional such as myself tells a customer the furniture is too large, the hall way too small, door way too thin to fit your item in the room they want it in. Sometimes it is easier to try to appease these demands rather than deal with this guy refusing to sign the paperwork at the end of the move.

    • @seanjackson726
      @seanjackson726 9 років тому +7

      Pianos just suck in general moving. I work for a big moving company as well and every time a piano arises the customer excpects everything done with no damage.. But yet they wouldn't help move a 1000lb piano

    • @michaelarmstrong4556
      @michaelarmstrong4556 9 років тому +4

      We moved a baby grand up a flight of stairs that had a turn in it less than a week. 4 men, appliance dolly with the rubber wheels taken off and cardboard taped to the stair-side of the dolly, and a piano board. It can be done, but it's a fuckin nightmare.

    • @Justcruzinn
      @Justcruzinn 9 років тому +6

      +Michael Armstrong I work with a big moving company down here in boston, & we always charge a 500 fee on pianos, we moved so much pianos around Boston at one point we charged 500 extra for each 250 pounds extra, NO WAY I'm killing my workers & except nothing in return. ..hate when customers misunderstand that

    • @sodamncrispy1
      @sodamncrispy1 9 років тому +6

      You could do it if you were any good. I've move concert grand pianos up stairs that are 8 feet long and about 1300 lbs so a baby grand is cake

    • @miken6835
      @miken6835 9 років тому +1

      Let's go ahead and give this asshat a medal.

  • @tone1132
    @tone1132 9 років тому +56

    why didn't the owner just get piano movers?

    • @christiandrescher6609
      @christiandrescher6609 5 років тому +6

      Because a real moving company knows how to move them.

    • @PianistTanooki
      @PianistTanooki 4 роки тому +8

      Christian Drescher No, they don't. They know how to move large, heavy things, not pianos specifically. There are certain "pressure spots" of pianos that people need to be aware of, and moving pianos the wrong way could easily damage the instrument. Piano movers know this, regular movers who just lift heavy shit don't. It's kind of why piano movers exist… not that hard to reason.

    • @stevenbodnar4559
      @stevenbodnar4559 4 роки тому

      @@christiandrescher6609 yeah but a real moving company is going to charge $1500-$3000. Owners wanted to cut corners like others are saying. Owners need to read their contract too because the movers are not liable for damage. If the owners knew what needed to be done they may just be trying to scam the company, maybe they also have insurance/warranty and wanted it broken so they can get a free Piano (worth hundreds of thousands). Definitely looks to be a pain in the ass client.

    • @meredithduffy5116
      @meredithduffy5116 3 роки тому

      @@PianistTanooki this exactly. I work for a piano moving company and the number of calls we get from people whose furniture movers either couldn't or refused to move their piano is astronomical.

    • @jameshaunroth5091
      @jameshaunroth5091 3 роки тому +1

      the moving company im at moves All pianos w no problems, these guys look like summer help

  • @Abonanno24601
    @Abonanno24601 10 років тому +16

    Never, never, never have a moving company move your piano. Always go with a company that specialize in moving pianos.

  • @alexnakib4350
    @alexnakib4350 5 років тому +9

    Here's a suggestion.. Hire a professional piano moving company that does have the right apparatuses because that's what they do for a living. You hired a regular moving company. You know how hard it is to Carry a 800lb+ grand /baby grand piano? Let alone up a narrow flight of wooden stairs? Extremely hard. I work for a junk hauling company and people call us to remove these and act like it's no big deal. You probably chose them because they were cheap. You get what you paid for. You try carrying that piano up stairs. If you're not in the line of work you have no room to complain.

  • @PPGaramone
    @PPGaramone 5 років тому +6

    I would’ve dropped it off at the garage and been done with it. It’s here isn’t it.

  • @doloresm7396
    @doloresm7396 9 років тому +6

    Hello! Did you ever hear of piano movers or were they too expensive for you? Only PIANO movers are supposed to move pianos. Good grief. You people and your damned video cameras. Did your wife take piano moving lessons as well? Hey mom, can't you hear your child trying to get your attention. Mommy! Mommy! Put down the camera and take care of your children. Then you should have hired a piano mover, Save a Buck Family.

    • @rendermatt
      @rendermatt 9 років тому

      Feel better now? You're criticizing the owners instead of the movers, really?

    • @doloresm7396
      @doloresm7396 9 років тому +1

      Really? Did you ever hear of incredibly expensive piano movers. If you cheap it that's what you get. End of story.

    • @brayjas222
      @brayjas222 9 років тому

      logos2600 Just on the people alone? Yes if you take that as a separate issue that is a serious distraction and should never be tolerated, a jobsite is no place for children ever, unless they are being trained. But yes these guys shouldn't have tried. But now they know, for sure as soon as they were done and gone they all swore to never try that again.

  • @vladivanov3218
    @vladivanov3218 5 років тому +12

    To begin with a piano of that size and weight should have a bigger team of four on deck. NOT TO MENTION they are going upstairs!
    There are piano movers who specialize in this. Making a moving company look bad because of their attempt to do you a favor is unfortunate to say the least. Pay a bit more, get the job done right.

    • @joelweber3462
      @joelweber3462 4 роки тому

      That piano is really quite small, actually

    • @meredithduffy5116
      @meredithduffy5116 2 роки тому

      If the movers are professional piano movers, this could be done with two people

    • @CoRRuPTeDxxGaMinG
      @CoRRuPTeDxxGaMinG Місяць тому

      @@meredithduffy5116I’ve said that to people 😂 they don’t understand it’s not hard with the right equipment. (Piano mover for 6 years)

  • @jrm2383
    @jrm2383 3 роки тому +48

    Owners really expect them to take that up a flight of stairs? Insane

    • @asylumofnightmares8250
      @asylumofnightmares8250 3 роки тому +7

      that’s how the movers were trained to do it. that’s how all pianos are moved.

    • @ThirdRiver91
      @ThirdRiver91 3 роки тому +1

      Owner just wants the piano in his new house. It's up to the movers to decide on the method. These movers are just stupid.

    • @MaybeDay4
      @MaybeDay4 2 роки тому +5

      Movers are trained to do this. These guys didn’t know what the f they were doing. Two guys just standing there watching the other two doing the lifting which was just disaster.

    • @meredithduffy5116
      @meredithduffy5116 2 роки тому +1

      @Asylum of Nightmares this definitely is not how all pianos are moved professionally lol

    • @slimjim340
      @slimjim340 2 роки тому +1

      I agree. It also look like there was a ninety-degree turn on a landing. They should have had it on a piano board I have move pianos as a professional van operator my biggest piano actually was a concert Grand. They are the hardest thing to move. Pianos like this normally take an hour and a half to move safely and looking at this piano oh, I think a minimum of six men to move it

  • @danedmonds7336
    @danedmonds7336 8 років тому +21

    piano board and that should have never been carried up no stairs that steep period!!!! I've been a mover for 15 years and moved plenty of grand pianos with no problems. they where inexperienced

    • @awesomeferret
      @awesomeferret 3 роки тому

      I've been a mover for two, and yes, you very much can get pianos up stairs that steep (they aren't abnormally steep stairs???). Winch and ramps, two things that these guys don't have.

    • @CoRRuPTeDxxGaMinG
      @CoRRuPTeDxxGaMinG Місяць тому

      @@awesomeferret winch and Ramps 😂😂 this guy lmao, put the piano on a piano board place a slider to slide up the stairs 2 guys on bottom 1 guy on bow. It’s simple.

  • @OsamaThizzladin
    @OsamaThizzladin 2 роки тому +3

    Shame on the entitled customers. Instead of critiquing the movers,go help. It's YOUR piano.

  • @pianotrends
    @pianotrends 8 років тому +13

    Lesson learned I'm sure. Professional Movers are worth the fee when you consider the cost of replacing a valuable instrument. Two guys and pizza is no bargain when you need two or three guys that know what they are doing with the right equipment. Believe me the movers are not getting rich charging a few hundred dollars for doing it right.

    • @KoriLinae
      @KoriLinae 8 років тому +4

      I cringed watching this. We have always hired piano movers to move our pianos.

  • @gjoe51jg
    @gjoe51jg 7 років тому +4

    I’ve been a mover for 20 years, 11 of those I drove for Bekins,United and North American....
    I would’ve strapped that piano on a piano board and then strapped THAT to a reefer dolly... that piano would’ve been up on the 2nd floor in 15 minutes, 3 men and damage free..... just saying...

    • @slimjim340
      @slimjim340 2 роки тому

      As a mover with United Van Lines oh, I have moved many grand pianos including one Concert Grand what a bitch. I absolutely agree a piano board strapped to a through frigerator dolly would have been the way to go

  • @06jlevasseur
    @06jlevasseur 6 років тому +4

    That's why you pay professional piano movers.

  • @jrm2383
    @jrm2383 3 роки тому +35

    Standing there filming them really helps ease the tension

    • @ThirdRiver91
      @ThirdRiver91 3 роки тому +3

      He did good by filming this. Good to have evidence of what these idiots tried to do.

    • @amodernphoenix
      @amodernphoenix 2 роки тому

      But it DOES help his insurance claim

    • @katiegrundle9900
      @katiegrundle9900 Рік тому

      @@ThirdRiver91 i almost died when they said get the kids back inside. were they going to crack some skulls at that point!

  • @tommysmoving
    @tommysmoving 8 років тому +8

    i met they took the company that provided the cheapest estimate.

  • @jujinz
    @jujinz 4 роки тому +5

    Want your movers to make mistakes and break stuff? film them as they’re working.

  • @southbay281
    @southbay281 10 років тому +1

    im a normal mover above average moving coorperate accounts moving house hold goods worth 100k+ in most cases. I would know off top that my team shouldnt attempt something like that. pro piano movers are the best solution and in worst cases they would consume the liability. if your not 100% sure it can be done then dont do it. dont risk injury because most movers insurance for health or whatever benefits consist of'" walk it off" lol.

  • @chinobling7213
    @chinobling7213 7 років тому +1

    no piano board wouldve made it easier..

  • @xuesty9459
    @xuesty9459 Рік тому +4

    I’ve been a mover myself for 4 years and have moved many. All the companies have worked for have special paperwork declining unsafe pianos exactly this even with 6 people it’s still difficult

  • @natewoi4119
    @natewoi4119 7 років тому +5

    that dude needs some pants that fit wow

  • @gabebourgeois8964
    @gabebourgeois8964 8 років тому +2

    You get what you pay for. Shouldn't have been cheap and used your movers. Instead hire a 3rd party or people who know what they're doing.

  • @Hexen138
    @Hexen138 Рік тому +3

    Was captain of a 2 man piano move and the customer was moving this piano from the 2nd floor of the old house to the 2nd floor of the new house. After 2 hours of fighting stairs and small hallways we finally set the piano in the spot he wants. Finish the job and right before we leave the customer says "I don't know if it fits the decor of the room, I might just get rid of the piano" man I was so pissed when he said that. Even though we got paid for the job it just felt like wasted effort.

    • @unsuppressedspeech4946
      @unsuppressedspeech4946 Рік тому

      Good work and don't worry about what that customer said you did your job and finished the task.

  • @seanjackson726
    @seanjackson726 9 років тому +2

    This moving company is a joke.. Baggy pants ..gangster shorts.. What the hell happened to dressing presentable .i would of told them never mind

    • @gjoe51jg
      @gjoe51jg 7 років тому

      Sean Jackson you’re ABSOLUTELY right, when I worked for United there was a sign in the dispatch area that read”Homeless can wear whatever they want.... you WILL wear your FUCKEN uniform”
      They wouldn’t send you out to work if you weren’t well groomed and presentable.

  • @franktank1744
    @franktank1744 3 роки тому +20

    In the 10 years I’ve moved I can honestly say that moving a grand/baby grand upstairs is one of the hardest things to accomplish

    • @HaveAGoodDayFk.U
      @HaveAGoodDayFk.U 2 роки тому

      Not when you work with nothing but huge Tongans and Samoans. Lol they make it look light.

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 Рік тому

      for me it was a 2 day office job moving 3 whole floors of a building. When we got to the unload, the service elevator was tiny and we had to haul just about everything bigger than a stack of boxes up 3 flights of steps to the 3rd floor, including 45 fireproof lateral file cabinets. Each one I believe was around 1100 pounds. I hated my life for the next 7 or 8 days, was sore as shit for literally a week. That was back when I was young, don't think you could pay me enough to do that shit again!!!!🤣🤣🤣

    • @biggc7354
      @biggc7354 6 місяців тому

      @@crimsontide1980dude fuck that

  • @06jlevasseur
    @06jlevasseur 6 років тому +3

    I move pianos professionally. You need a full grand board for these moves. The board should have nylon runners to ease the slide up. One guy on top with straps and two on the bottom pushing by count.. This is a cluster F.

  • @dpz9872
    @dpz9872 4 роки тому +7

    Congrats on taking the lowest bid, did you also take the "free" 15¢ per pound insurance ?

  • @lunasmovingcompanymovingst6152
    @lunasmovingcompanymovingst6152 2 роки тому +1

    Moving pianos up a straight flight of stairs is a very easy thing to do. There are a lot of things here that are making it impossible to move. The lack of timing and coordination between 4 guys here is comical. The two guys up top are lifting up and making it heavier for the 2 guys at the bottom. The two guys at the bottom are pushing from the top, making it heavier for the 2 guys up top. How a piano slides past a piano board lip... that's impossible. These guys most likely have a home made board. We see it all the time. A board is designed with a lip on the edge for a reason. It will never separate from the piano if it has that lip.
    We make our own piano boards with an angle cut in the end. This makes sledding up to the next step a breeze because we dont have to lift up each step. Just push/pull and slide.
    Sliding directly on steps is just wrong. 1. You can damage the property. 2. FRICTION. We always fold blankets and provide 4 layers of floating/padding the entire way. We always communicate when pushing and stopping to regain our footing.
    In fact this way is better than using stair climber dollies. Weight is spread on a sled. Meaning that many steps are supporting the pianos weight. A stair climber will put the entire weight of the piano on each and every step. Some cant handle 600lbs on the edge of the step.
    Only 3 guys are needed here. 4 Sometimes gets in the way.
    My best advice is to hire piano moving companies to move pianos. Generic movers do not have the skill and usually lack the right equipment. Even that blue plastic dolly isn't the right dolly. Those black wheels are not up to standard.

  • @hypermatrix8999
    @hypermatrix8999 7 років тому +1

    Why the fuck are there 51 thumbs down and only 61 thumbs up for this video? These guys clearly don't know what they're doing...and damaged property while attempting to do so. How on earth does that get a thumbs down? If the movers couldn't do it, they should have just said we can't do it. Simple as that. They clearly don't have any experience moving pianos.

  • @cameronhughey390
    @cameronhughey390 10 років тому +1

    "maybe we should hire a piano mover". No kidding. Maybe you should have hired a proper moving company in the first place. Let me guess - you went with the cheapest quote. You get what you pay for.

  • @kentuckykratom9460
    @kentuckykratom9460 6 років тому +1

    Their is nothing worse when working when you have the homeowners staring you down with a camera... Which I can accept that, just incase something breaks. But when your in the background with a shitty attitude its horrid... These people hired cheap labor. They had multiple opportunities to tell these workers to stop. They chose not to. I don't see any route to have any sorrow for the homeowners.

  • @tommysmoving
    @tommysmoving 8 років тому +5

    i don't even think they have a piano board on the bottom. oh the client told them they need a piano board. As a company owner i would be ashamed of myself for calling this a moving crew....get what you pay for

    • @stevenbodnar4559
      @stevenbodnar4559 4 роки тому

      no customers probably played dumb and let the movers do whatever and they probably even forced them to try to send the thing up the stairs.

  • @TenderTrap86
    @TenderTrap86 2 роки тому +3

    A few thoughts: Moving any piano up or down a full flight of stairs goes smoothest with professional piano movers... The company should have declined to move the baby grand and referred them to piano movers... The crew lead should have had the awareness to respectfully tell the customer they just can't do it without damage and called his office for backup to do later in the day or another day with enough guys... Comments are critical about the customer, but I guarantee he at least mentioned the piano and the staircase during the estimate and the company said they could do it.
    It's a tough spot for a crew lead to be in, but it's better and safer to wait until there is enough manpower... The piano is not properly secured to the piano board and I would have tried one man on the top holding the board and three on the bottom before notifying the office and the customer.

  • @ericjohnston2535
    @ericjohnston2535 10 років тому +6

    what kind of idiot asks for their piano to be moved to the second floor on a shitty staircase?

  • @chinobling7213
    @chinobling7213 7 років тому +1

    no piano board wouldve made it easier..

  • @jameswilliamstrucking3769
    @jameswilliamstrucking3769 Рік тому +1

    That’s what happens when you try and be cheap and not spend the money on good help

  • @sarahdahm7722
    @sarahdahm7722 8 років тому +6

    That was hard to watch. Reminded me of the final Seinfeld show where the cast is just standing and watching a robbery take place - taping it and doing nothing while knowing something's wrong. Both parties are at fault - movers for not backing out of the job they put before the object they were moving, and owners for seeing there was a problem and not taking responsibility by investing in a piano mover.

    • @erwinlommer197
      @erwinlommer197 8 років тому

      There is nothing wrong with recording it on video. That's your proof if the piano gets damaged. As for the guy filming it is not his fault if he wants a piano moved and these people said they can do it. Your whole logic is not logic at all. It is the responsibility of the movers to be able to do the things they promise. Not the customer's responsibility to be able to tell the movers how to do their jobs. Jobs they had promised to know how to do.

    • @stevenbodnar4559
      @stevenbodnar4559 4 роки тому

      you have no idea what you are talking about - go back to the kitchen

    • @99xara99
      @99xara99 3 роки тому

      @@erwinlommer197 Yea there is something wrong. They were just watching their piano being slowly killed for 5 minutes straight. They obviously and visibly couldn't do it nor knew how to handle a piano. I would've interfered right away, told them to stop, and then hire a piano moving company instead.

  • @MrToddles38
    @MrToddles38 9 років тому +6

    As a professional mover, we are the piano movers, they just weren't prepared, the customer has every right to video tape, he probably paid a lot of money for his families relocation, and he isn't obligated to assist, nor should he, because he is not insured. They both showed concern for injury and put a stop to it before anything else went wrong.

  • @jaded2424
    @jaded2424 8 років тому +3

    If I was in the business of moving people. I wouldn't even take a job that required moving a piano. Those bastards are heavy.

    • @stevenbodnar4559
      @stevenbodnar4559 4 роки тому

      what about for 3k? ;) theyre a pain in the ass but pay is solid!

  • @dylansanterre9137
    @dylansanterre9137 Рік тому +1

    What the hell are these guys doing? LOL

  • @Cartello_Diamante92
    @Cartello_Diamante92 5 років тому +2

    Specialty items such as pianos need piano movers or strong movers with the right equipment. Piano bored, ratchet straps, pads, shrink, is half the battle! The walk boards would make it too steep they shouldve backed the truck to the stairs and had the piano done up the right way and eliminated half the stairs. Pianos can range anywhere from 200-1200 pounds! Ive carried baby grands with 2 other people up 2 flights of stairs and it never gets easier but it helps with the right people amd the correct equipment!

  • @jayshaman8151
    @jayshaman8151 9 років тому +5

    Me and two of my associates move these all the time. A couple weeks back, we moved a big one up three flights of stairs into an apartment. These guys have no technique and are lacking the brut strength needed for such a task. We move families entire homes and yes pianos too. These guys with all due respect are amateurs. I'm sorry for your damages.

    • @stevenbodnar4559
      @stevenbodnar4559 4 роки тому +1

      you shouldnt feel sorry for these scammers. the owners are full of shit.

    • @HaveAGoodDayFk.U
      @HaveAGoodDayFk.U 2 роки тому

      You and another guy moved a baby grand piano with just a piano board straps and no special equipment? Hmm, cool story bro.

  • @keving.b7625
    @keving.b7625 5 років тому +4

    2 guys with a real piano board and experience no prob

    • @stanleysharp4578
      @stanleysharp4578 2 роки тому +1

      2?? That’s about 350 pounds each at least. You’re a fool. No one would do that with 2 guys

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 Рік тому

      ​@@stanleysharp4578 it can be done but I agree it's foolish to have to do this with 2 guys. I did it once when we took a run out of town, tried to tell the owner we needed a third guy to go with us and he said we just needed to handle it. But to be fair it was a straight staircase with carpet so we just went one step at a time and took our time, didn't have to worry about mangling the steps since there was no hardwood

  • @rocketraccoon1976
    @rocketraccoon1976 7 років тому +10

    Just replace it with a high quality digital piano keyboard and you can carry it up yourself.

  • @patricksweeney8846
    @patricksweeney8846 7 років тому +1

    Professional wouldnt of moved it and told u u need a crane service

    • @stuwest3653
      @stuwest3653 7 років тому +2

      I moved pianos for several years and not once used a crane.

  • @m.scrivner7380
    @m.scrivner7380 8 років тому +2

    Yeah I'm gonna say the fault lays with both parties because what else do we know? Who knows if you even told them you have stairs to move the piano up before they took the job, who knows if they told you they could do it, who knows what you're paying them. Context is everything.

  • @jorgeanaya4393
    @jorgeanaya4393 4 роки тому +1

    U get what u paid for

  • @TOROG13
    @TOROG13 3 роки тому

    Why don't they just get a piano company 🙄
    Me: why don't you just put it downstairs 😒 😐 😑 🙄 🤣

  • @TheLifeGiver
    @TheLifeGiver 7 років тому +7

    Ya have to push from the bottom area of the piano not the top. It'll just pin it with friction if you push from the top.

  • @anthonymullens447
    @anthonymullens447 5 років тому +1

    Shud have called Capitol piano movers

  • @ueatbetteritrainbetter6706
    @ueatbetteritrainbetter6706 10 днів тому

    An appliance dolly would’ve be very helpful 🤷‍♂️ otherwise is a not go reschedule

  • @awesomeferret
    @awesomeferret 6 років тому

    Professional mover here, all these guys needed was a ramp. Wow. So stupid. The uploader isn't free either though, you know that your piano wasn't "wrecked".

  • @wilberantonio2917
    @wilberantonio2917 8 років тому +3

    lol i love how they smash the shit out of it

    • @slimjim340
      @slimjim340 2 роки тому

      I doubt you would laugh at that where your piano

    • @katiegrundle9900
      @katiegrundle9900 Рік тому

      @@slimjim340 ya, if they did that to my 70 year old mason and risch ivory keyed beauty, the only call im making is to the funeral director. all in all, i blame the customers. get proper piano movers with experience

  • @timshufflebottom828
    @timshufflebottom828 8 років тому +3

    hope u gave them tips atleast, or a nice lunch

  • @brendanmichel5313
    @brendanmichel5313 9 місяців тому

    Most furniture movers aren't qualified to move these. I've been a mover, and I've worked for piano movers. You should have hired pro piano guys, this outcome is predictable.

  • @jaredcarr8635
    @jaredcarr8635 Місяць тому

    Yeah you sitting there recording them doing a almost impossible move just shows what kind of people you are

  • @brandonkelly118
    @brandonkelly118 Рік тому

    Just get the people who made the piano to move it. Household moving companies are usually not well equipped for pianos (especially going up these many steps) their company probably just said they could with out warning the movers. Next time… don’t record them and fucking help or call it off… at least rhry tried… grand pianos are fucking 600+ pounds and add those stairs it feels like 1k pounds

  • @devinnovak4781
    @devinnovak4781 2 місяці тому

    1st issue as the customer said is they need a piano board. 2nd issue the guys on bottom are pushing on it way too high. They gotta get low put their shoulder into it and drive. 3rd issue is the customer chose to record and watch this fiasco instead of stopping it and calling a more experienced company at moving pianos.

  • @danrivera7309
    @danrivera7309 9 років тому +8

    Omg. No piano board. I move pianos in Portland Or. all day. Pretty simple with three guys, maybe a fourth for balance to be safe. To that other guy about keys on wrong side. If there is a 90° turn or switchback and the piano is too long or heavy, remove lid and slide it up backwards and pivot on the bell at the turn to make it fit.

  • @MoversOnDutyUSA
    @MoversOnDutyUSA 5 років тому

    Were they really trying to move that baby grand piano up the stairs without a piano board? Not all moving companies know how to professionally move pianos but these guys would not have even been able to move a dresser. Next time research who you are hiring beforehand, please. #Fail

  • @jamesgregory8962
    @jamesgregory8962 2 роки тому

    I am an actual professional mover. And that saddens me to see. I would have got that piece up no problem. With the right equipment. But I just want to say the lady customer in the video was very nice. She cared about their safety and just told the husband to tell the to stop since they were not able to do the job. Watching this makes me cringe because that baby grand is easy to move up with shoulder straps. And a piano board. A actual certified piano board.... But the lady customer was super nice for caring about their safety. Im pretty sure the guy customer knew they were doing it wrong. And they didn't get above two steps anyway. So all was good to keep recording. Lol...

  • @kabulphil4546
    @kabulphil4546 7 років тому +1

    We are moving next month from Orlando FL to Medina County in NE Ohio. Van lines move of everything excluding Steinway 6'4" x 60.75" by 823 pound Performance Edition Grand is over $30,000. The Orlando area Steinway dealer referred us to Walter Piano Transport of Granger, Indiana. We thought Walter's $1,100 fee, which included insurance and 2 months storage at their national warehouse in Indiana until the new house in Ohio is ready, was very reasonable. Our previous move was Tucson AZ to Orlando and we also used a piano transporter referred to us by the Tucson Steinway dealer. The fees charged by these movers are really very small compared to the value of our instrument.

  • @southbay281
    @southbay281 3 роки тому

    They are not piano movers at all. The cheap contractor should have never let it happen. Also take into consideration of the maximum weight capacity that that staircase could hold. That could have been a catastrophic failure and bite the contractor in the butt for being greedy.

  • @mt9372
    @mt9372 8 років тому +1

    Where's the earth-shattering ka-boom ? Personally, I would have put the phone down and tried to help them.

  • @jonathanjimenez1162
    @jonathanjimenez1162 Рік тому

    I work for United Van Lines and These guys look like Temps/contractor labor. I see they do not have a piano bored. Big mistake!

  • @carolinaplinker
    @carolinaplinker 3 роки тому +1

    This is where you should call a piano moving company

  • @donaldlove4547
    @donaldlove4547 Рік тому

    Anyone with a brain would go to the lumberyard, buy some 2x12, put them on the stairs, put a moving pad down and slide it up. I’m not even a piano mover.

  • @kingapri8794
    @kingapri8794 3 роки тому

    Owner passively talking about what they should do instead of telling the movers what they think. It's your shit, if you don't like something take charge instead of slowly watching ur piano get messed up.

  • @julioespino7112
    @julioespino7112 3 роки тому

    Total damage .60 cents per pound 800lbs×.60
    $480
    Get professional piano movers please

  • @Eurolaflare
    @Eurolaflare 8 місяців тому

    The couple recording are dumb, let’s see them do better. As a mover I wouldn’t move that I’d call my boss and tell em I’ll do everything but that

  • @ПеревозкасейфовпианиноСамара

    Вчетвером кабинетный рояль даже не несёте , а тащите 🤦‍♂.

  • @alfredlamothe5268
    @alfredlamothe5268 3 роки тому +1

    Well I work for a moving company & my boss would either hand this over to a professional piano mover. Or if we did it we would use our brains 1st make a plan, have more guys, then we'd use our equipment. A piano skid is not even used here. Ramps on the stairs would work very well to. Wow! Do your homework know who your hiring

  • @anthonyosborne1686
    @anthonyosborne1686 9 років тому

    Jesus wept. No piano skid, no ramps. Of course its going to get trashed. But companies want the money, say that they can do these things like move pianos, and the end result is horrific. I would do this with 3 men in ten minutes.

  • @samfoster1664
    @samfoster1664 2 роки тому

    Why on earth would they put a piano upstairs?? What you think was going to happen? Buy a small keyboard if you live upstairs.

  • @AntiCaucasian
    @AntiCaucasian 2 місяці тому

    The problem is these fools are inexperienced, weak, and have no stamina.

  • @valentinhernandez8095
    @valentinhernandez8095 4 роки тому

    Plus the customer talking like they no wtf if they really did this wouldn't of happen if you know you can't afford piano movers don't expect movers to take it all the way up there way to dangerous I would of said we can't do it due to obvious reasons and it's not safe.

  • @tennisguyky
    @tennisguyky 5 років тому

    The people taking the video and running their mouths are to blame for hiring a bunch of cheap movers who clearly don’t know what they’re doing to move such a large piano up a flight of stairs that narrow. Spend the extra money for piano movers and get off the camera and lend a hand.

  • @markginno2280
    @markginno2280 6 років тому

    1st of all who ever wrapped it up did a poor job ....it should of had been wrapped better w shrink wrapping on it 2nd of all ther shooting up back wards w no real paino board and i cudin tell but a refrigerator appliance dolly wud of done the job and put the big guy at the end of it and the other three guys pushing it up would have done the damn thing maybe one more man would have been good that's all I got to text...

  • @therealflyjohnson3919
    @therealflyjohnson3919 3 місяці тому

    If you know so much why would you even allow them to do it if you know they don’t have the equipment?

  • @katiegrundle9900
    @katiegrundle9900 Рік тому

    is this an educational video or the owners wanting to sue the movers. rhe owners are stupid for not getting proper piano movers that have experience in this. the easiest way would be to get it crained up, but thats big bucks.

  • @taxfree4603
    @taxfree4603 8 місяців тому

    Customer should have just asked the movers to put it inside the garage and call piano movers to move it upstairs

  • @towlife440
    @towlife440 9 років тому +1

    Just shows these guys has no push in them to get it up their. Nore they were ready to move something like a baby grand up a flight of stairs need to be more ready. When I was still in the moving business I always had everything on the back of the truck I was assigned to so this way I never ran into anything I nore my team could get done.

  • @michaelgriffin6767
    @michaelgriffin6767 Рік тому

    If you care about your piano then you would already know Griffin Piano Moving

  • @e0104889
    @e0104889 8 років тому +1

    I do baby grands with one other guy and piano board up stairs easily. Pad the shit outta of it, secure it to the board and 4 wheel it until time to pick it up. Also, we are much larger than these little fellas. I feel bad for them because they have poor management that doesn't care and will write a check for .60cents per pound and probably capped at $300

  • @raymondmanderville505
    @raymondmanderville505 6 місяців тому

    There’s no point bringing upstairs after they knocked the corner off , because it has to go to a piano restoration shop now

  • @MrCeo1978buddy
    @MrCeo1978buddy 2 роки тому

    It just takes two men who know what there doing to move that correct 😜 dude on the bottom pushing to high up he's pinning the piano into the step the guy with the blue shirt is lifting it up disrupting the balance of the piano

  • @jeyled4372
    @jeyled4372 Рік тому

    are you forreal hahahaha how many stairs lol normally they use a lift for that 7 is enough otherwise that is just dangerous . yall complaining do it yourself well see

  • @werewolveslovesilver8380
    @werewolveslovesilver8380 10 років тому

    anyone that wants a baby grand piano up a flight of stairs is a terrible person! those are not professional piano movers they are just normal movers.

  • @TheGoodDad
    @TheGoodDad 2 роки тому

    A baby grand/grand shouldnt even be touched without a piano board in the first place

  • @kennethharvey1884
    @kennethharvey1884 2 роки тому

    STU@@@ people why would you want a grand piano upstairs anywayz….

  • @smokingwolf6157
    @smokingwolf6157 2 роки тому

    Also the ppl are quietly talking about how there piano is getting messed up..how about tell them to stop and call someone else