[CAUT] Seiler Flexing

[Keith Roberts]

The piano sits on three points. They will always be in the same plane. It
should not flex any more or less, anywhere you put it.

The truck might flex and be pushing the legs outwards/inwards. If the pads
on the truck are not level. The wheels could be trying to roll away from
each other. This might cause the case to flex.

I think they spun a wheel off the truck and dropped it hard. Tighten the
plate bolts. How far out of tune was it?

Keith Roberts

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Richard Murphy <rmurphy at siue.edu> wrote:

> Hi All,
>    I service a Seiler Grand 9' at a neighboring college and yesterday they
> put it on a piano truck because the large brass wheels were marking up the
> newly installed hard wood flooring.  The piano has always been quite nice
> and fills the room well, an "A" frame sanctuary.  After they put the piano
> on the truck, I went in to tune it as I tune this piano about every other
> week,mostly just small touch ups and a unison here and there.  Two things
> were very different now.  First, the music desk slide out easily, it used
> to
> be as tight fit, and the back length of A3 was now touching the plate and
> buzzing.  I weaved felt through the strings in that area to stop the
> buzzing, but I'm concerned about the piano flexing on this truck.  Is that
> possible?  Could it keep flexing more?  Any one have a similar situation?
> Thanks,
> Richard J. Murphy
> SIUE
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