Dear Don and list: The Yamaha casters are not quite different as you have described in your response and the sockets are not very large. Yes, they are larger but can be accomadated. Have you installed these yourself? Rick Florence and I surely pondered the height problems and discovered that because the Yamaha caster is not as large as the Hamburg it can indeed be installed in a New York leg without a problem. If I recall it was less that an inch that we cut off the legs to keep the same keybed and pedal distance from the floor. As long as the rolling distance is not prohibitive the brass casters are the way to go. For transportation problems around campus just invest in one of the grand transporters from Jansen and company. It pays for itself in just one move. The last issue with this particular retrofit has to do with lockdown. Take the Yamaha casters to a machine shop to fit in thumbscrews for locking the wheels. It just happened we had a set of Yamaha casters at our disposal so they were chosen based on availability, there may be others that fit as well. However, you have our word that this works and saves a couple of thousand bucks by not going with Hamburg legs. Brent.Fischer@ASU.EDU Arizona State University/Tempe
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