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Usually I say, “they make it look easy.” This time I’ll just say, “they obviously know what they’re doing!” 
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And that's quite an upgrade for the girl: to a Steinway... L?
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And that's quite an upgrade for the girl: to a Steinway... L? I thought much the same thing! My parents didn't buy me a Steinway grand at 10 years old...
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Ubu, thank you so much for sharing this!
It made my day.
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I did a search about the girl and found this:
"As a child, she was featured in a documentary entitled The Piano Moves, which depicted the transport of a piano from an apartment on the 12th floor of a building"
12th floor! It looks like a 2nd in the video. Those movers had stamina.
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Nice post, Ubu, thanks! Michaela Harel is the name of the featured little pianist playing Mozart's K545. I also found this link to her story: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michaela-harel-mn0002204436
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thank you very much for it's MOV(I)E,
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Somehow I doubt that piano weighed 1200 pounds. Even a Steinway D is only 990 pounds.
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Thank you, David Hoffman! This was great. It made me nostalgic. I remember New York , my home town where I was born and raised, in the 60's. Those movers were real professionals.
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Thank you! An interesting look back at piano moving in that time.The one piano mover who said "you have to go to school to be a piano mover", reminded me of some movie star....? (perhaps he was an actor) A charming look back though to the late 60's in NY.
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I suspect not all piano movers moved pianos from upper stories without the use of a crane back then.
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I really liked the Mozart K545
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I'd like to know just exactly what they hitched their block and tackle to. Was it the metal frame of the apartment balcony above?
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