[CAUT] grand casters

[Willem Blees]

Barbara

Jansen sells a "grand leg dollies." It's a cup with a stem in the 
middle, with three "outrigger" casters. Cat. # J4018. You'll have to 
call them for price. 920-231-5433. www.pljansen.com. These are better 
than regular casters, but a truck is still the best way to go. 

Wim 

Quoting Barbara Richmond <piano57 at insightbb.com>:

> 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
> 
> 


Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA