[CAUT] grand casters

[Tim Coates]

Please read the disclaimer in the catalogs concerning the use of the 
cast iron leg-cups.  They are intended for shop use only.  I had the 
unfortunate job of replacing a rear leg on a S&SD because another 
technician had installed these caster devices.   The bearings 
disintegrated from the weight.  A word of warning.

Tim Coates

On Jan 31, 2007, at 11:15 PM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Barbara,
>  
> A truck is the safest thing for protecting the legs.  Short of that, 
> individual leg dollies (cast iron leg-cups with three or four good 
> rubber casters each) are a significant improvement over most original 
> equipment casters.  (Don't have a catalog with me at the moment, so 
> you'll have to seek out that info.)
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Alan E.
>  
>  
>  
>   
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: piano57 at insightbb.com
>  To: caut at ptg.org
>  Sent: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 9:01 PM
>  Subject: [CAUT] grand casters
>
> Greetings all,
>  
> I'm looking for a recommendation for replacement of the original 
> casters for a Steinway A that occasionally (not often) gets moved back 
> and forth as much as 15 feet on a wood floor in a church.  The music 
> director isn't crazy about using a stage truck and I don't want to 
> replace the legs to fit new casters, or, for that matter, replace legs 
> because they've been broken.
>  
> Would just having some good double wheel rubber casters do the job?  
> Any other suggestions?  Please be specific--as in catalog and part 
> number.
>  
> Or should I just talk him into a truck and use wedges under the truck 
> to support the legs as I've done for a piano on a stage.  Are there 
> any other truck vs. caster opinions/theories I need to know about?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois
>  
>  
> Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and 
> security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from 
> across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 4312 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070201/e556ffef/attachment.bin