---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 07:53 AM 08/15/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Hello all. I've been using the archives for a little while now and I'd >like to join the fray. I'm getting ready to do a caster replacement job >on a Baldwin Hamilton in a local school. I do not have a piano tilter as >of yet. My plan is to get several helpers to put the piano on it's back >(on blocks of course). I would appreciate any caveats or suggestions from >those of you with more experience. Also, I think I should remove the >action from the piano while doing this. Thanks for any help. > >Mitch Ruth >DeMossville, KY >mitch_ruth@hotmail.com >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Mitch, Out of the kettle and into the fire, eh; glad to have you aboard. Although a tilter is the easiest means to install casters, there is an easier way than to shlump the piano onto its back. Tilt the piano onto its side with a block (tool case :-) keeping the top edge sufficiently off the ground to make righting it easier. Tilt onto the other side for the casters on the other end. I have done this many times. Place a pad or something else on the floor to protect the lower corner and the floor while tilting. Always, always, always make certain the problem caster does not mar the floor while positioning the piano. This is a good practice when moving any piano even if the casters are good. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/68/70/f6/7d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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