harpsichord moving?

John Minor jminor@uiuc.edu
Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:43:30 -0600 (CST)


Margaret,

The real problem is rolling those small 2" casters over the elevator gap.
It can be quite comical to watch if you know what I mean! : )

John



On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, C. E. Hood wrote:

]So what's wrong actually with the three individual 'caster cups' you
]referred to?  if somebody gets excited they could push one leg off its
]cup, but you can do this with a bigger dolly too, as Malcolm Bilson did
]with one of my fortepianos at UW-Madison, on his way down the hall to
]the concert hall after he carefully did his own tuning. :^( I think you
]could make a 'piano truck' for a particular hpschd or fortepiano with
]caster cups and strips of maple and bolts - metal might be overkill.
]      Best, Margaret
]
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]
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]-----Original Message-----
]From: Dennis Johnson <johnsond@stolaf.edu>
]To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
]Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:27:20 -0600
]Subject: Re: harpsichord moving?
]
]For what it may be worth-- we had a similar problem with finding a safe
]means to move our fortepiano on and off and around the stage.  After some
]checking around, I ended up having Jansen modify a concert piano truck to
]fit this 8' piano. We added wood blocks to the square plates that accept
]the tapered legs of the piano. Seems to work fine, except that it moves
]while playing a little more than we like.  Not suggesting someone use those
]heavy trucks on a harpsichord, but in my experience the Fortepianos pose an
]even bigger problem.  We just carry the harpsichord when needed, but it
]also happens to be fairly light.
]
]good luck-
]
]dennis johnson
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