That dadgumed short SD-10

[stranges@Oswego.EDU]

Heyyyyy...

I don't have much advice for you- but you are not alone.
Sooo...I guess I'm just here for moral support.

I to, have an SD-10 at school with no height complaints- but a MEAN bow in 
the piano truck. I can only assume that it has been there for as many years 
as yours has been.

What a trip reading your post.

Maybe we should get some new high fallutin' trucks??

:) MIchelle
stranges@oswego.edu

--On Wednesday, May 7, 2003 10:18 AM -0500 "Elwood Doss, Jr." 
<edoss@utm.edu> wrote:

>
> Hey guys,
> Several months ago I sent an e-mail regarding our Baldwin SD-10.  One of
> the professors complained that the bottom of the keyboard is lower than
> the  7' Steinways are.  So I measured.  Here are the facts:
>
> Baldwin SD-10:  From floor to bottom of keybed:  23 3/4"
>                         From floor to top of keys:        28 1/8"
> Steinway 7':  From floor to bottom of keybed:  25 1/8"
>                     From floor to top of keys:  29 1/4"
>
> It seems to me that we should raise it up at least 1 1/4" so the height
> of the keys from the floor are the same as the Steinways.  The piano
> truck does seem to bow up in the middle an inordinate amount.  Placing an
> extra leg in the center thereby allowing the weight of the piano to press
> down on the center of the truck is not a option, primarily due to
> aesthetic reasons.  I am thinking about lifting the piano off the truck
> and readjusting the bolts that hold the extensions in place, although I
> don't think this would gain us much height, if any.  The piano has been
> on this truck for 30 years, so it may be permanently bowed.  I wondered
> about placing a 1" or 1 1/4" aluminum spacer between the leg cup on the
> truck and the truck itself.  This would mean replacing the large screw
> that hold the leg cup on with a longer one.  Extending the leg with a
> wood extension is also not an option due to the castor insert (although I
> guess that could be removed, since it will never be used with the
> original wheels (I don't know where they are for that matter).  This
> professor is the only one who has complained, but he is tall so that
> would account for the problem.  Surgery on his legs is not an option
> either, I don't think.  Let me know what you think.  Joy!
> Elwood
>
> Elwood Doss, Jr.
> Technical Director/Piano Technician
> Department of Music
> 225 Fine Arts Building
> University of Tennessee at Martin
> 731/587-7482
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