Steinway legs & castors

David M. Porritt dm.porritt@verizon.net
Tue Jan 22 06:37 MST 2002


Tim:

What kind of "transporter"?  

dave

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On 8/28/56 at 10:51 AM Tim Coates wrote:

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>The performance hall didn't like the looks of a truck.  They opted
to
>install
>casters and buy a transporter.  The piano sounds  better and there
is less
>stress on the legs.  The legs are not involved in moving what so
ever.
>
>Tim Coates
>
>
>Ron Nossaman wrote:
>
>> >I have a Steinway S at a hotel which is rolled about 100 feet
across a
>> >hardwood floor.  They do not want a truck so I'm thinking double
rubber
>> >wheel castors.  These should fit without too much trouble?
>> >
>> >David I.
>>
>> I'd recommend a truck anyway, or nothing. Nothing but a truck ties
the
>legs
>> together, and regardless of whether you have double casters or
triple
>> caster individual leg dollies, rolling a piano any distance
regularly
>> without the bracing support of a stage truck is asking to get
someone
>hurt.
>> Personally, I would have nothing to do with this if they didn't
want to
>do
>> it as safely as possible.
>>
>> Ron N


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David M. Porritt
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Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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