[CAUT] grand casters

[David Skolnik]

Barbara near Peoria -

I feel your pain! or something like that. I'm not a fan of trucks 
either. While there seems to be a general consensus about the way to 
go with this, it seems to be a matter of covering your liability, or 
something like that.

What's the 15 feet of wood floor like?  Smooth or pitted?
What if it were only 10 feet? or 5? 4...3....
Who would doing the "occasional" moving?

It's a Steinway A, not a D, or a Mason BB, or, heavens! a Mason CC!

The Darnell single (Schaff #2591A) or double (#2592A) would fit the 
current socket and rolls easily...maybe too easily.  (You might need 
to use the stagehand method of wrapping a piece of line cord around 
the base of the wheel, once it's in place).

Live dangerously!   But get a signed release.

David Skolnik




At 12:01 AM 2/1/2007, you wrote:
>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
>
>

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