[CAUT] Yamaha Avant Grand Digital questions

[Paul T Williams]

I think the wedge will have to be constructed.  Even if I put 
downwards,(towards the far end of the piano) there would still only be two 
feet and a little bit on the board with a different angle and no 90 degree 
place to put any strap on it.  Perhaps I should design and patent it and 
make some bucks!??!!

I'm also wondering why Yamaha didn't think of this when designing it.  I 
realize this piano wasn't really designed for institutional use, but 
perhaps it should have been thought out better.  I certainly wouldn't put 
it on a moving board and into a truck to go to our East Campus without 
some sort of better support. It would certainly have dire consequences.  I 
sure wish I could have seen them uncrate it at the Yamaha store when it 
arrived! It didn't even come with a bench! :>(

Best,
Paul




From:
"Brad Smith, RPT" <pianotech at smithpiano.com>
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
10/01/2010 02:06 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Yamaha Avant Grand Digital questions



Hi Paul, 
I see....assume that you've already tried using the angled case side down 
onto the board ? 

 From the pictures I've seen, it looks like that angled side of the case, 
if put downwards, would allow the weight to be centered enough to be 
stable on a board / dolly.    
I do recall moving a Roland digital grand like that.    Same idea for a 
Sohmer butterfly grand.  

If not....then your original 'wedge' idea might have to be the solution. 

--
Brad Smith
www.SmithPiano.com
 


On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Paul T Williams <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:
I have moving 6' moving boards and dollies already.  It's the shortness of 
the Avant and only 2' of it lies flat on the board that is the problem. 
 

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