Help, please - piano truck for P22

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Thu, 05 Sep 2002 21:11:33 -0700


Clyde,

I have installed numerous trucks for uprights.  I only install the heavy
duty ones from Paul L. Jansen & Sons, .1.800.236.2437.   Part #J4010.
These have 5" wheels.

They are a little tricky to install...I tip the piano on its side but you probably can block one end up, then the other?

David I.

----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:14:24 -0400
Subject: Help, please - piano truck for P22

>Friends,

>I tried to send this email twice before, but it never made it to the
>list.  I'm wondering if the word I normally use for a piano truck was
>why it was blocked (the same word for a human-shaped toy little girls
>often play with).  Anyone know if that is a blocked word for some
>reason?

>Anyway, to my questions.  I am helping a local school with specs for new
>pianos.  The music supervisor wants Yamaha pianos, and inquired about a
>piano
>truck for one of the new Yamaha P22s which will be moved around
>somewhat.

>I've heard stories of kids accidentally tipping pianos on piano trucks
>while moving them.  I also had a local teacher catch her foot on one of
>the protruding parts.  She was on crutches for months.  So I also see
>them as a liability risk.  Do you find that a piano truck is
>necessary, or even advisable, for a studio piano such as a P22?

>If the supervisor really wants a piano truck, which kind would you
>consider the best for this application (model numbers from the current
>Schaff or Pianotek catalogues, which are what I have here)?

>Regards,
>Clyde Hollinger, RPT
>Lititz, PA, USA




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