What a great idea! You rock.

You can rent a pneumatic piano dolly from eg. Suncoast rentals that essentially does what you’re doing, but has a) rubber wheels b) a strong lip that starts out flush with the floor c) a built-in jack that allows you to lift said lip (and the piano) up to X inches on each side and lastly d) built-in ratchet straps.

Genius!! Mover wanted to charge me $700 to move an old upright... I was able to use the basketball method and move it myself with my wife.. Thank you!!

You are all retarded i can movd this piano with a tennis ball

Do you have a video showing taking the piano off the dolly?

Too dangerous for the kid

This is similar to pumping up a flat tire on a car. My question is, how do you get the flat basketball under the piano to start with? My similar piano sits on carpet and there is no way to squeeze a cardboard much less a flat basketball under the piano. Suggestions?

Thanks for the video. Can you please provide a link for the dolly?

PUMP IT UP !!!!!!!

What about using a car jack?

Will this work for lowrey organs? A friend of mine owns a prestige organ and is looking to move it from his living room to his office with no stairs

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I thought that I was finished watching videos, but this is genius! :D Everyone else lifts the piano until it is balanced on the corner and Stumpf Moving & Storage propped one corner against the tailgate of a pickup, and lifted the other end and shoved it into the truck!

Worked great! Thanks for sharing this super awesome idea.

Did same today. Thanks for the video. Used a Piano moving service to move piano from one from to the next, costing $200. Moved back ourselves with this technic. Only problems is the bottom clearance is too small to insert the deflated ball. Had to buy a lift bag ($15) to lift enough first to insert the deflated ball. The lift bags are think deflated but can only lift 3 inches, too little to insert a Dolley.

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very smart! Thanks for sharing :)

Wow - what a fantastic idea!! But I gasped when I saw you wearing socks on a slippery wooden floor and taking weight. Maybe without the socks next time! 🤣

Ingenious idea! I have a bike pump. I was looking at all kinds of jacks, etc. But a Basketball will do the trick. Thank you!

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For anyone wondering how to get the block out from underneath, do the same tbing on the side with a block under it and pump the ball up again until the block is freed, that way it will slowly lower onto the dolly wjth no damage too

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You're a genious. Cheers from Argentina

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You genius!!!

Why not just use a furniture lifting bar ? You would have it lifted onto the dolly in a couple minutes ! Instead of all that crawling around on the floor and screwing around.

First. Very clever. If you are moving your own piano and have any issues, this is a smart idea. For day to day functionality, it is too slow. I will put a spinnet up on a dolly in the shop by myself. It is important to lift with the legs, not the back. But again, very smart idea... and better than getting hurt.

Wow, this looks like an ingenious method for my use case, sliding caster cups under our upright in a confined space where it's otherwise tough to get any leverage. Thanks so much for sharing!

of course , your idea been brilliant and appreciated ...

Its so nice to see that your little girl helping you doing the moving - and its a beautiful video to view daughter helping father - nice sight ! My best wishes to you and your daughter - Merry X'mas in advance !!!

My low profile automotive floor jack would work better and be safer than this. What happens if the basketball bursts? 😲

nice idea . hopefully on first level high enough to be straight in , even with pickup bed & you'll just have to make a flat ramp

Your foot under the piano with just socks on 😬

Maybe use two balls, or add shims as it rises in case the ball pops so it doesn't slam down.

THIS IS GENIUS!!! Just purchased a Kawai US50. A 700lbs piano and needed to level it properly. No way I was lifting that... the Basketball with my air compressor and a 2x4 worked incredibly. Would have never thought of using a basketball to do this... Kudos for this... thanks for posting..

Worked brilliantly for lifting large upright piano onto coasters. Similar situation, old football (soccer) and 8 year old girl on the pump.

This is a good tip. As a piano mover this piano is particularly not east to lift as it a half plate piano. The handles are on the back and right or left hand depending on the side you’re on grab under the key board. I’ll post and show my method. But this is also dangerous as not all pianos have the same balance. Steinway&Sons pianos have a beveled edge and when lift even with this sort of anticipation you are likely to get crushed by your piano. This piano weighs in at about 375-450lbs

Hello Adam F, why couldn't you Try Remaking A Daddy Grand Piano by putting on 88 Tuning Forks like what you did on an Upright Piano, Please do the Same Thing on a Daddy Grand Piano For Most of us KZbinrs, It will be a much Better Idea For us so we can Try and See and Hear Pianos with 88 Tuning Forks inside Thank You.

Genius!!! Have to move a piano this weekend and needed suggestions. Last time I did this was 15 years ago and my back was in much better shape....thanks!!

This is an extremely cool idea. I'm curious for those who've tried it, what the heaviest piano you've managed is. Ours is a 1930s full size upright, and it's probably right around 800 pounds. At a guess, that's at least half again the weight of the piano in this video. Would a basketball hold with that much weight?

Bom demais sô!

Yeah those hard little wheels on a piano can really leave grooves in a wood floor!

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Thank you for this! I'm a single mom with a similar piano that just needs moving to the other side of the room, and I'm so happy to have found this video!

What beautiful floors!

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Genius. Use the basketball because it won't slip, meanwhile your bare ass feet are sliding all over the floor under a 500lb object.... PUT ON SOME SHOES!!

Awesome. Thanks v much. My friends spent 4 hours to move inches by inches.