Piano Dollies – Different Models of Moving Equipment For Different Situations
The fourth definition of the word “Dolly” when looked up in the dictionary is “any of several kinds of low, flat, wheeled frames for transporting heavy objects, as in a factory”. The first definition is that of a child’s toy. I like to combine the two dictionary definitions when describing a piano dolly by saying that a piano dolly is tool that can make moving a piano as easy and fun as playing with a child’s toy. Nice oversimplification, I know, but you get the point.
If you have ever tried to move a piano without the aid of a piano dolly you will certainly understand the need to have a tool to help you out. Pianos are huge, heavy and do not have convenient places to hold onto when transporting them. Pianos are also expensive and to risk damaging a leg of a grand piano or having an upright fall down on its side is too great to even consider. The final consideration, and any piano mover will tell you the most important, is that of safety. With pianos weighing sometimes as much as 1300 lbs, the people who move them need to be careful to not get injured. It simply is not practical for a human to pick up most models of pianos by hand. It is also not practical to try to drag a piano across a floor. The damage to the floor could be tremendous if you were to try. All of the reasons stated are why we have piano dollies.