subject: Moving Heavy Musical Instruments [print this page] Whether you are a personal performing artist or a simple school performance group there is always a good need for help with moving equipment. For big pianos, piano moving equipment is needed because it takes five people to move a simple piano at one time usually. Piano wheels in this sort of predicament are usually wanted and it makes sense to install them on any large piece of musical equipment. A piano moving dolly can also be a very good idea as well as other dollies for other forms of musical instruments. Many of these tools can become very helpful when moving equipment from a stage, to a truck, and back on to a stage, especially if this is being done several times a week.
Many professional artists are constantly moving all of their instruments around when they are on the road but they have special teams that are there to help lift all of the equipment quickly and easily. For other musical groups that are smaller or a part of a school, they do not have such fantastic benefits. For these smaller groups, it is great to have anything that will make the job of moving musical equipment easier in any way. Students or performers cannot always be relied on to lift the equipment so it can be very helpful to have tools that will make equipment much easier to move.
Sometimes instruments can weigh anywhere from three hundred to five hundred pounds and if one were to try to move this; it would not be such a smart idea. Often times, different schools or music groups can barely afford the musical equipment itself, let alone more equipment to help move it. The importance of these instruments is extremely underrated and needs to be considered more often for schools and other musical talents.
Many people underestimate the physical issues that can be caused by moving an object the wrong way. Many times, people misunderstand the right way to lift an object and therefore move it the wrong way and end up hurting themselves. There is a justified reason as to why people mention to lift with your legs and not with your back and that is because so many people have so easily strained their backs from lifting objects the wrong way. This is also the reason for why several people decide to hire other people who move heavy objects professionally and are insured. This way nobody has to worry about hurting themselves from trying to move things they cannot lift.
Moving heavy musical equipment and instruments can be an extremely difficult task for some, but for others it has become very simple. Many people can take care of instruments by simply asking someone else to do it, but in other cases it can be a bit more difficult. In these cases it is important to recognize the benefits of having some extra help and how much time and effort it can save you in the end.
