[CAUT] Legs

[marcel carey]

As you said Doug,  the most important thing to be aware of are the 
thresholds the pianos will have to go over. In Sherbrooke here, there 
was a D on 3 grand leg dollies. At some point when they redid the hall, 
someone instisted that we put the big casters on the legs. I did that 
and about 2 years later, they broke a piano leg while going over a 
threshold. I then installed a truck under the piano and had to buy new 
legs for it since I had cut the old legs to fit with the dollies. Since 
then, the piano still stands. But, they got a Yamaha CF IIIs and with it 
the Yamaha grand piano transporter. Now, this is moving in style. This 
is the ultimate grand piano stage moving thing.

But, I've been told it's not free (grin).

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

Douglas Wood a écrit :
> We currently have one Steinway D with each type of caster on stage at 
> Meany Hall (the large performance hall). That is, the older piano has 
> a (new) set of the Darnell heavy-duty casters, and the newer piano has 
> a set of Hamburg-style legs and casters purchased from Steinway with 
> the instrument last summer. Interestingly, noone has, so far, 
> indicated a strong preference for one over the other.
>
> Understand that the stage has almost nothing in the way of 
> discontinuity. Smooth maple, well-maintained pockets, etc. The only 
> threshold is very small, metal, with beveled edge. And the pianos 
> rarely go over it. Any facility with significant thresholds or carpets 
> to go over would probably strongly prefer large wheels (Hamburg-style 
> or truck).
>