Wim, I wasn't thinking about taking the piano off the spider. Just wedging under the cantilevered legs with a hardwood block to provide a more solid connection. Alan > From: <wimblees at aol.com> > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 14:20:48 -0400 > To: <caut at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Dollies and projection (was Hamburg leg bolt) > > Alan > > Personally I look at it more from a safety point of view, than tone > projection. I think someone else mentioned that, too. I would much > rather give up a litle projection, than having to replace the back leg, > or worse, getting someone hurt. Both of our D's get moved A LOT, and > one has to be moved over a low door jam from the back stage area to the > stage. If that piano was not on a truck, one of the legs would have > been busted off a long time ago. > > Wim > Willem Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > School of Music > University of Alabama > Tuscaloosa, AL USA > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan McCoy <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu> > To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> <caut at ptg.org> > Sent: Tue, 9 May 2006 09:44:49 -0700 > Subject: [CAUT] Dollies and projection (was Hamburg leg bolt) > > Is there a consensus out there that concert instruments project better > with > a solid contact to the floor as contrasted with a piano on a dolly > (rubber > wheels)? If so, what technique do you use to deal with it? I have > several > venues with pianos on dollies. If I can get better tone out of my pianos > simply by making a more solid contact, I'll go home and make some > wedges or > whatever tonight! Pronto, rapidisimo, asap....... Pictures are always > nice, > if you have the time. > > Thanks. > > Alan > > >> From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> >> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" > <caut at ptg.org> >> Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 07:09:57 -0400 >> To: <caut at ptg.org> >> Subject: [CAUT] Hamburg leg bolt >> >> If students are to be moving this piano often, I'd worry more about >> personal injury than tone. >> >> Definitely get a piano truck!!! If you want a solid contact to the >> floor for performance then >> make up some hardwood wedges to block under the legs. >> >> As a side note, when it comes time to remove or install a piano on a > truck, >> I have two small wedges (I call them 'Truck Stops') to place under > the front >> legs so the back arm does not flip upwards. To remove a truck, place > both >> Stops under the front legs and remove the rear leg from the truck. >> When installing, >> place a Stop under each front leg as it is positioned then simply >> swing the rear >> arm under the rear leg. >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Jon Page
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