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 ] ] ] ] ]-----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 ] ]_______________________________________________ ]caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ] ] ] ]_______________________________________________ ]caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ]
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