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Since we're on piano moving war stories, there is a messy ongoing case in Dallas. http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/11-26-19-preston-tower-grand-pian

Since we're on piano moving war stories, there is a messy ongoing case in Dallas. http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/11-26-19-preston-tower-grand-piano-lawsuit/ http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/11-26-19-preston... Decades ago, a man had a large grand piano moved into his condo. It had to ride on top of the elevator. Recently, he moved out of that unit and found that the city building codes no longer allow this. Then a bunch of complicated drama happened with the former condo owner, the condo management, and a piano moving company, and it all turned into a lawsuit.

quickthrowman 7y ago
It’s even worse than that, there’s a freight elevator in the building, but the other moving companies were either not told about it or not allowed to use it. The company that ended up moving the piano used the freight elevator. All of this could’ve been solved long before by just using the freight elevator, perhaps there’s more to this story?
- mkhpalm 7y ago
  > perhaps there’s more to this story I think so. Consider that Marcus was one of the owners of the building for many years. Why didn't he tell them about a freight elevator if that was an option?
- adrianmonk 7y ago
  Yeah, there has to be some info missing. What I don't understand is why they didn't use the freight elevator years ago.
mkhpalm 7y ago
I think its good to read this story knowing up front the HOA managed to find somebody to move the piano within a couple days.
reaperducer 7y ago
Decades ago, a man had a large grand piano moved into his condo. It had to ride on top of the elevator. Recently, he moved out of that unit and found that the city building codes no longer allow this. In Chicago, this was still done as recently as six years ago. When I moved into a tall residential building, my move had to be scheduled with an hour window in the middle so someone could move a piano up to a high floor. They wouldn't allow the piano to ride on top of the elevator and my stuff inside the elevator at the same time.

quickthrowman 7y ago

It’s even worse than that, there’s a freight elevator in the building, but the other moving companies were either not told about it or not allowed to use it. The company that ended up moving the piano used the freight elevator. All of this could’ve been solved long before by just using the freight elevator, perhaps there’s more to this story?

mkhpalm 7y ago
> perhaps there’s more to this story I think so. Consider that Marcus was one of the owners of the building for many years. Why didn't he tell them about a freight elevator if that was an option?
adrianmonk 7y ago
Yeah, there has to be some info missing. What I don't understand is why they didn't use the freight elevator years ago.

mkhpalm 7y ago

I think its good to read this story knowing up front the HOA managed to find somebody to move the piano within a couple days.

reaperducer 7y ago

Decades ago, a man had a large grand piano moved into his condo. It had to ride on top of the elevator. Recently, he moved out of that unit and found that the city building codes no longer allow this. In Chicago, this was still done as recently as six years ago. When I moved into a tall residential building, my move had to be scheduled with an hour window in the middle so someone could move a piano up to a high floor. They wouldn't allow the piano to ride on top of the elevator and my stuff inside the elevator at the same time.