The Saga of the Steinway

OR How Nathan Moved A 600 Pound Upright Grand Piano 600 Miles And Lived To Tell The Tale

When my aunt decided she was ready to pass along the upright Steinway piano which has been in the family for over 70 years, we determined that it should find a home at my mother’s until Bethany-the future owner-would have a place for it. Moving the piano from Morro Bay to Alturas became the current project. And Nathan—since he was in California—accepted the challenge!

One Monday morning in October Nathan and his cousin Trevor drove from Reedley to Morro Bay (146 miles) in a truck pulling a trailer and thankfully my aunt had called church friends to help load the piano from the house into the trailer. Back in Reedley (146 miles) the piano was loaded into Uncle Les’s trailer which he pulled up to their new home in Chester (349 miles). On Thursday Nathan drove up to Redding (357 miles); he and his cousin Jacob drove to Alturas (145 miles) to pick up Grandpa’s truck to drive to Chester (139 miles). Uncle Les worked some magic to transfer the piano from the trailer into the back of the truck which they drove back to Alturas (139 miles). Thankfully—again—church friends arrived to unload the piano from the truck into the house. Mission accomplished!

To Nathan and all those who helped: Thank You.