There's some choice advice in the comments: My parents inadvertently had two strategies: 1) Have only one valuable possession: an upright piano. 2) Keep the ho

There's some choice advice in the comments: My parents inadvertently had two strategies: 1) Have only one valuable possession: an upright piano. 2) Keep the house extremely messy so that it is a danger just trying to get through the place, especially while trying to carry a piano.