Robert: Years ago I had a situation where some "amateurs" moved a Steinway "D" at a church. They broke one of the legs right at the place where the top (wide) part connects to the rest of the leg. There is a 2" dowel rod running through the top part down into the leg. I got a 2-inch dowel rod (not easy to find, by the way) and a 2" forstner bit, and repaired the leg. It's still functioning today. It's not that hard, unless the parts that are left are splintered or irreparable. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 11/30/99 at 4:46 PM Robert Goodale wrote: >Howdy, > >I have had a not so fun afternoon. When I reported to the >performing arts center this morning I was told that the tail leg >on the Steinway had busted off. I quickly ran down to check. >Sure enough there it was, sadly slumped over like a drunk piano >player. The remains was laying on the floor, broken clean >through the dowel at the base. Of course the bad news couldn't >end there. That piano is needed for a concerto competition on >Thursday. > >Perhaps it could be fixed if enough shop effort was put into it >but at his particular moment I don't have that kind of time. I >got on the phone today to see if I could get Steinway to send a >new leg via Fed-Ex. No dice, it would take weeks. Under the >circumstances for now it looks like we are going to temporarily >move a piano in from another location. > >These legs have extra large wheels somewhat like a Hamburg. >Never previously needing to know or care I was under the >impression that someone simply put the larger wheels on the >original legs. Upon closer inspection, however, I see now that >these legs are in fact different then a normal Steinway leg. >This would of course make sense because the larger diameter wheel >would otherwise raise the piano too high. Cutting down a normal >Steinway leg would look strange to say the least. Although the >face plate portion seems normal the actual legs are shorter. >Clearly these legs are specifically designed for large wheels. >Thus now I'm attempting to determine the origin of these legs. >Does Steinway sell Hamburg legs in lacquer finish for New York >pianos? > >Rob Goodale, RPT David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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