[CAUT] grand casters

[reggaepass at aol.com]

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
 
 
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