Three Men and a Piano

When my dad told me that our church (that’s undergoing a massive renovation itself) was trying to get rid of a piano, my first thought was “we’ll take it.”  My second thought was “we have to learn to play the piano.”  Neither of us play, and we certainly don’t need it, but it’s a piano from the church I grew up in since I was a baby.  Charles and I got married there.  So I thought, even though it seems a little silly to some people, that it would be a priceless addition to our house.

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The only question left was…how do we get it here?

My parents drove up on Saturday morning, and we had planned to have a few of the workers on the house come help us move it.  We figured with 6 men, they could  probably get the job done in no time.  Well as luck would have it, they never showed and we were stuck with a 900 pound piano and a very large desk sitting on my dad’s trailer.  The boys stood around for a while, hoping the cavalry would arrive, but after some time, they just decided they could handle it.

With a little rolling dolly and A LOT of manpower, these three got the piano into the house.  I still don’t know how it happened!  You may not want to see all the pictures of the process, but I’m going to show them anyway.  These guys deserve a full post! :)

First, they pulled it off of the trailer onto the porch step.

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Then they climbed the three steps to get up to the porch.

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Then they took a well-earned breather while I snapped a few shots of the piano.

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Then it was back to work to get it over the threshold and into the house.IMG_1081

Look at those legs! The old man’s still got it! ;)

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And it’s in!  If only we could leave it right there…

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Finally, both pieces ended up in the formal living room, which is basically finished.

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A gigantic THANK YOU to my dad, Charles, and John for getting these pieces inside.  Seriously.  Y’all are amazing.

The desk will be heading up to the office once it’s finished.  Now we just need to decide on a place for the piano.  It is definitely staying on the first floor!! So that leaves us with the foyer, formal living room, den, and dining room to choose from.

What do you think?  Where would you put it?

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8 comments on “Three Men and a Piano

  1. He’s still got it all right. Still got a back that won’t let him get out of bed in the morning! Great post and thanks for the props!

  2. Sarah Jane…I love this post! A priceless piano…from your church :). We have our piano ( a hand-me-down from my cousin to my girls) in our living room…don’t love it there, but we have no other options. I know you remembered that your grandma had hers in the foyer in the National Ave house. I remember your Aunt Ruthie talking about all of them-after they were all grown up-standing around that piano singing Christmas carols. How cool was that!

    Hope you will have many happy memories with your piano.

    Love, Sara

    Sent from my iPad

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