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Foir those who do not know, I live in a third floor flat in the centre of Edinburgh built in 1895, very close to Edinburgh Castle.  I cannot remember how many steps there are up to my place but it is along the lines of 130 or so, and they turn and are very narrow.  There are three flights of stairs but they bend and turn all over the place.

The answer is that I got piano removers to lift it for me, and even they found it a bind.  A Mk V is a dead weight, not unlike a Hammond but unlike the M400 it has two handles at the rear which make it a bit easier to lift!

Mike

On 3 March 2012 21:37, Nick Hewitt <nickhewitt235@btinternet.com> wrote:

 

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, various contributors have passed comment about how Mike's MkV looks and sounds (beautiful, on both counts), but there is one aspect of this subject that intrigues me. Knowing roughly where Mike lives, I have to ask the question...how the hell did you get that delivered to your gaffe?

It took me nearly 90 minutes to get my M400 up 18 steps - admittedly single-handed. I had to slide the beast up the stairs on an old desk-top.

So how did you get something so big and so heavy up 4 (5?) flights of stairs? I think we want to know!

 

Nick

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