NORWAY – There have been plenty of inquiries, but two antique steel safes and an upright piano remain stashed on the top floors of the Odd Fellows Building on Main Street, owner Harvey Solomon said Wednesday.

“The safes are still there,” Solomon said. He’s willing to give the two large safes to anyone who has access to a crane, and who will sign a waiver and give a donation to a nonprofit organization that assists children with special needs.

A couple of people came in to look at the safes, but they were worried about getting them from the third floor down the stairs, Solomon said. “They just wanted to push them down the stairs.”

The problem, he said, is that the 1894 building’s floors simply won’t hold the weight of the safes, which are about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide.

He said a crane would be the only way to get the safes out through a window while the back wall is undergoing renovations. A waiver must be signed in case the removal of the safes or the piano on the second floor didn’t go smoothly, Solomon said.

He said there were a lot of calls about the piano, but once people saw that it would take a crane and possibly removing power lines and blocking Main Street for a while, the task seemed insurmountable and they gave up.

The items will be available until work begins on the floors, scheduled to begin months from now, Solomon said.

He said the only remuneration he wants is a donation to the organization he and his wife operate, the Western Maine Enrichment Fund, a nonprofit that helps special-needs children.

The basement and first floor of the Odd Fellows Building, which is adjacent to the Opera House, was built in 1984 after the great fire that year destroyed much of downtown. The second and third floors were added in 1911. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the historic downtown district. The interior, which once housed the district court, a jail and other businesses, has been gutted. Only the floors remain.

Solomon is renovating the building for multiuse purposes.