[CAUT] grand casters

[reggaepass at aol.com]

I have used them for years on a couple pianos six feet long or shorter and have had no problems.
 
Alan E.
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: tcoates1 at sio.midco.net
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] grand casters


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, 
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> 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.) 
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> Cheers, 
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> Alan E. 
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> -----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, 
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> 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. 
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> Would just having some good double wheel rubber casters do the job?  > Any other suggestions?  Please be specific--as in catalog and part > number. 
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> 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? 
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> Thanks, 
>   
> Barbara Richmond, RPT 
> near Peoria, Illinois 
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