[CAUT] piano dollie question

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John-
The square cups that take the ends of the legs are attached with a bolt through the center.  If you really think it would help, you could replace the bolts with lag screws going up into the legs.  I would think carefully about it.
Ed Sutton

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Minor <jminor at uiuc.edu>
>Sent: Oct 25, 2006 10:30 AM
>To: caut <caut at ptg.org>
>Subject: [CAUT] piano dollie question
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>We have a Steinway B on a Colson dollie that lives on a smallish 14" stage. Occasionally, the piano needs to be taken off stage(no ramps)and moved onto an elevator for use in another part of the building. The building ops people are looking for a better way to move this thing around without having to mess with the the Colson dollie. I'd consider regular rubber casters but would be concerned about going over the elevator threshold. Can the Colson be permanently attached to the piano?
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>I'd consider a Jansen transporter, but storage is an issue with these.
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>I'd appreciate any ideas.
>
>John Minor
>University of Illinois