Sidewinder

Keith McGavern kam544@ionet.net
Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:57:00 -0600


>I recently changed casters on a 20yearold Yam P202 at a high school, and had
>to check out the complaints of people who push it around. What I found was
>solid sockets and stems, and properly swiveling casters. If however, you
>pushed from one end, the piano wanted to move off at a 5degree angle, while
>keeping its back parallel to its original orientation...
>
>Bill Ballard PRT

I  moved  today a 48" vertical less than 5 years old and experienced
approximately the same phenomina.  The end being pushed kept refusing to
follow a straight line.  Jim Bryant suggested replacing casters to resolve
this.

I guess this particular piano could have been dropped in its short life and
damaged one of the caster sockets and/or stems.  Or the existing caster
system could have had a defective part from the get go.  Other than not
tracking straight, it rolled quite nicely.

Keith McGavern, RPT
kam544@ionet.net
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA





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