Thanks, all, for your comments. The main challenge we face is a Steinway B on a very small, low stage with a screen between it and the whiteboard on the wall. The room is used for quite a variety of purposes. The complaint was that the piano is sometimes shoved into the screen, damaging the screen. It also would be unfortunate to have the piano go off the stage, though this has never happened, to my amazement. It is currently on the double-rubber 2" casters, which work very well, except for this special issue. The suggestion has been made to post a respectful sign articulating the problem and asking for care in moving the piano. That might actually work, here, but I have my doubts, so I persist in dreaming up ideas. I've considered anchoring a ring in the floor under the piano and fastening a strap (cable) between it and the three legs/casters with enough slack to allow movement, but disallow screen damage. That would keep the hardware out from underfoot at all times, unlike a barrier outside the piano. But then time is so limited that anything substantive is unlikely to happen. The level of discontent is likely insufficient until some actual damage occurs. I'll post if we do other than a sign. The other problem relates to caster damage to the floor. Unfortunately, we do not own the piano in that room. Not yet, at least. My efforts are focused on getting a good piano that we own in there. Doug On Jan 29, 2010, at 5:38 PM, David Skolnik wrote: > Doug - > I've reread your post, along with the responses, but I remain > unclear as to what you are saying or trying to accomplish. Would > you indulge me and try again? Are there some pianos that you do, > in fact, wish to 'lock' into position? What does it mean that, on > the one hand, you would like them to be able to be 'moved within > the classroom', yet restrict that movement? Additionally, how > are these rooms utilized? Class? Practice? Rehearsal? Who is > moving the pianos? Teachers? Students? Facilities workers? > > David Skolnik > Hastings on Hudson, NY > > > > At 01:18 PM 1/29/2010, you wrote: >> Query: we have a few pianos that need to be able to be moved >> within classrooms, but we would like to restrict the movement so >> as not to block other uses of the room or damage screens, etc. >> >> We tried caster cups. As you can imagine, the pianos were off them >> in short order, I suspect because NO movement was intolerable by >> some. >> >> Ideas, anyone? >> >> Doug >> >> >> ********************************* >> Doug Wood >> Piano Technician >> School of Music >> University of Washington >> dew2 at uw.edu >> >> dougwood.pianoman at att.net >> (206) 391-9613 >> ********************************* > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100201/0b2326c6/attachment.htm>
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