This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment That's good Wim! I'm glad to know about the bow. It will save me a lot = of lifting and experimenting. Thanks for the advice. Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr. Technical Director/Piano Technician Department of Music 225 Fine Arts Building University of Tennessee at Martin 731/587-7482 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@aol.com=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:38 AM Subject: Re: That dadgumed short SD-10 In a message dated 5/7/03 10:18:58 AM Central Daylight Time, = edoss@utm.edu writes: 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.& nbsp; 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. Elwood You cannot eliminate the bow in the truck. I tried what you whant to = do on the truck in the concert hall, and it didn't solve the problem. = Besides, 1 1/4" is a lot. I don't think the keybed height can be = attributed to the bowed truck. I think the Baldwin probably had larger = casters when it was new, that made the keybed higher. But maybe = Baldwin's are lower than Steinways. I don't know. Your suggestion of putting the spacer between the cup and the truck is = probably the best and easiest solution. However, surgery might be more = permanent. But if you did that in your shop on the band saw, the clean = up could be awfully messy.=20 Wim=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/77/b2/e2/59/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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