This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hey guys, Several months ago I sent an e-mail regarding our Baldwin SD-10. One of = the professors complained that the bottom of the keyboard is lower than = the 7' Steinways are. So I measured. Here are the facts: Baldwin SD-10: From floor to bottom of keybed: 23 3/4" From floor to top of keys: 28 1/8" Steinway 7': From floor to bottom of keybed: 25 1/8" From floor to top of keys: 29 1/4" It seems to me that we should raise it up at least 1 1/4" so the height = of the keys from the floor are the same as the Steinways. The piano = truck does seem to bow up in the middle an inordinate amount. Placing = an extra leg in the center thereby allowing the weight of the piano to = press down on the center of the truck is not a option, primarily due to = aesthetic reasons. I am thinking about lifting the piano off the truck = and readjusting the bolts that hold the extensions in place, although I = don't think this would gain us much height, if any. The piano has been = on this truck for 30 years, so it may be permanently bowed. I wondered = about placing a 1" or 1 1/4" aluminum spacer between the leg cup on the = truck and the truck itself. This would mean replacing the large screw = that hold the leg cup on with a longer one. Extending the leg with a = wood extension is also not an option due to the castor insert (although = I guess that could be removed, since it will never be used with the = original wheels (I don't know where they are for that matter). This = professor is the only one who has complained, but he is tall so that = would account for the problem. Surgery on his legs is not an option = either, I don't think. Let me know what you think. Joy! Elwood=20 Elwood Doss, Jr. Technical Director/Piano Technician Department of Music 225 Fine Arts Building University of Tennessee at Martin 731/587-7482 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/41/0c/70/64/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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