[CAUT] unmusical caster noise

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Porritt, David wrote:
> Jim:
> 
> We had a piano here in a small auditorium and it was on a stage truck.
> The people who put it on the truck put one locking wheel on the bass
> side, and the other at the back.  One energetic player had trouble with
> the piano moving as she played and of course it wanted to move in a
> circle.  Though the back wheel was locked, there was so much more
> leverage back there that it did move.  I think mechanically it just
> works better if the front wheels have the brakes.  Of course it wouldn't
> hurt to have all of them locking.
> 
> dp
> 


Yeah, fronts are best, but it doesn't do any good when people never 
release the brakes and move them anyway.  All the time, naturally, 
complaining loudly about how hard it is to move.
DAMHIK


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