[CAUT] rolling pianos with oversize brass casters?

[Roger Jolly]

Hi John,
               As long as you use 3 people and lift, to ease the weight 
over the threshold there should be no problem.   The problem starts when 
you hit the threshold at any kind of speed.
With good hard wood legs no problem.  Cheap mahogany legs there will be an 
issue.
I have one piano that I had a welder weld 3 face plates to a Y shaped 1" 
square tubing frame. the plates are screwed directly to the legs.  It has 
worked extremely well, only cost about $200.00 and looks a lot better than 
the Universal dollies. No pedal height issues.
I'm in Indonesia at the moment, but will try and remember to take pics when 
I get back.

Regards Roger



At 02:37 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>Anyone have any issues with rolling concert pianos with the oversize brass 
>casters across uneven floors? We have a space(3/4" gap with filled with 
>caulk)with in the flooring between the offstage piano storage and the 
>stage itself. For the most part we use the grand transporter from Jansen 
>to keep  the casters off the floor when moving on and off stage. But, we 
>have the occasional request to move the piano onstage during the 
>performance and it takes the stage crew a few extra minutes to remove the 
>transporter once it is set in position on stage. Someone suggested moving 
>the piano without the grand transporter.
>
>Anyone have legs snapping off, etc.?
>
>John Minor
>University of Illinois
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