>Hi List, >I have had my second school, complain of the replacement double >rubber wheel casters, splitting. >The supplier tells me he has had no complaints from anyone else. >The schools insist that there was no rough moving involved. (Naturally) >They had been installed less than a year before. > >Has anyone else had this problem? Hi John, Like Wim said, casters aren't intended for cross country moving, and they need a set of dollies for such things. I have cleaned up after altogether too many high speed ramp jump attempts across school thresholds which left these nice double wheel rubber casters in the hall, with the piano in a shallow rut in the room on the other side of the threshold, but I've never seen the casters lose tread in the process. They bend, but the rubber hangs in there. I have, however, seen the pianos shed fallboard knobs, toe blocks, and legs in the process. I also know of one that fell on it's back and squashed some kid's foot when the "in place spin" was attempted without prior instruction. Is there any trace of gravel in the halls, by some chance? Ron N
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