Three casters alone will cost $108 plus tax and shipping - that's almost 1/2 the $267 price for the whole thing already. Plus your time for measuring, etc., going to the welder, etc., hmmmm......I dunno. Keep in mind I'm in Florida. We have a "special" breed (or is that in-bred) of welders it would seem....... Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 7:56 PM Subject: Re: Piano Truck > Hi Terry, > > It does not need to be adjustable if it is custom made. Take a picture to a > welding shop and see if they are willing and able. And yes I have seen > three made locally--at about 1/3 the cost of a commercial unit--very much > stronger too! > > At 07:42 PM 12/12/02 -0500, you wrote: > >I appreciate the suggestion Don, but I'm having trouble imagining this. > How in the world would a welder even know where to start? Have you done > such a thing? > > > >Terry Farrell > > > > > >> Hi Terry, > >> > >> It's cheaper and stronger to have a local welder custom make trucks for > >> Grands. > >> > >> At 07:02 PM 12/12/02 -0500, you wrote: > >> >I need to order both grand and vertical piano trucks for two clients. I > >> know Schaff, Jansen, Pianotek, etc. has various ones. Does anyone have a > >> recommendation for one that might be better than another? And why? Thanks. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Center of > the Arts > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca > > http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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