Agreed, construction may be the solution. Another idea ( easier construction job ) would be to add a pair of 2x4 "feet" to your skid board....one at each at about 6inches from the ends of the board. They become anchor points for straps that can apply opposing force as you tie down the piano. I've made skidboards with these type of "feet" installed. Also done a couple where they are removable, using counter sunk machine bolts and T nuts flush mounted to the surface of the skidboard, ( under the covering of the skidboard ) http://hzshenai.en.china.cn/selling-leads/detail,1080255090,Tee-Nuts-T-Nuts.html The placement of these feet help position the dolly in the same place each time. I attached a screen shot of this setup made in Google Sketchup. -- -- Brad Smith www.SmithPiano.com <http://www.smithpiano.com/> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu > wrote: > I think the wedge will have to be constructed. Even if I put > downwards,(towards the far end of the piano) there would still only be two > feet and a little bit on the board with a different angle and no 90 degree > place to put any strap on it. Perhaps I should design and patent it and > make some bucks!??!! > > I'm also wondering why Yamaha didn't think of this when designing it. I > realize this piano wasn't really designed for institutional use, but perhaps > it should have been thought out better. I certainly wouldn't put it on a > moving board and into a truck to go to our East Campus without some sort of > better support. It would certainly have dire consequences. I sure wish I > could have seen them uncrate it at the Yamaha store when it arrived! It > didn't even come with a bench! :>( > > Best, > Paul > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101001/deb665f8/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: digital tie down1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1230054 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101001/deb665f8/attachment-0001.jpg>
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