[CAUT] rolling pianos with oversize brass casters?

[Jim Busby]

Gorillas...

JB

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Minor
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 3:13 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] rolling pianos with oversize brass casters?

Everyone is making a HUGE assumption that these people, these "piano movers", care enough to do the job right in the first place! We are talking about people who feel put upon because they have to be moving the pianos in the first place, even though it's their JOB! So, getting them to do anything other than push as hard and fast as they can is not going to happen! They can't seem to understand why they are called upon to remove the lids on occasion either! I'm surprised they haven't had the lids permanently fastened to the piano! : )

The "gap" in the floor is designed to be an acoustical separator between the wood stage/performance space, and the tile concrete floor that is backstage. So, it's there "by design".

John

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:54:36 -0500
>From: wimblees at aol.com  
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] rolling pianos with oversize brass casters?  
>To: jminor at illinois.edu, caut at ptg.org
>
>   This should only be done if there is a person on
>   each corner of the piano to take the weight off the
>   leg as it crosses the gap. I would even suggest this
>   when the piano is on a truck. Some of you might
>   recall pictures I took of one of the D's at UA which
>   the cleaning crew tried to "ram" over a door jam,and
>   snapped all three legs.
>
>   Wim
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: John Minor <jminor at illinois.edu>
>   To: caut <caut at ptg.org>
>   Sent: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:37 am
>   Subject: [CAUT] rolling pianos with oversize brass
>   casters?
>
> 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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