Piano trucks

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Greg -

I just installed the large Colson truck on a G3 this week, although it
was in a public place, and as such I had the help of a maintenance man. 
I just used wood blocks under each leg of the truck, right under where
the leg sits, to keep it from tilting downward when each leg was put in
place.  Worked great.

In this instance, since the G3 is 6'1", and the truck is for 6' and over,
it required loosening the bolts at the center hub to allow each leg to
rack slightly off-center , thus effectively shortening the length of each
truck leg enough to fit the piano.  For a minute there I thought the
truck was not gonna fit!

Good luck.

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com

On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 00:25:21 -0400 Greg Newell <gnewell@EN.COM> writes:
> Dear List,
> 
>     I've just sold and will install on Tuesday a new piano truck
> (carriage) for a Yamaha G-3. I've not had to put a piano on one 
> before
> but told the customer I would if they didn't want to deal with it. 
> They
> don't. Is there a special procedure for installation or is it just 
> one
> leg at a time. I'm guessing that if I go this way that once I get 
> two
> piano legs on the truck the last truck leg will shoot up in the air
> under the piano. If this is the correct procedure anyway and if so,
> which two legs first? I'm guessing the fronts first, no? All help
> welcome, thanks!
> 
> Greg Newell
>