No Power Yamanamas

[Nichols]

At 03:51 PM 3/27/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Guy,
>
>I hope you're not saying it would be better for a piano not to be on a 
>"spider" dolly! We're
>about to get two to put 2 of our D's on so they "reasonably" safely be 
>rolled across the
>black "ballet" type flooring (I forget what it's called). Right now, 
>they're on/in the shop
>cups type of thing and have been for over 5 yrs. This should be better! Right?
>
>Avery
>
>P.S. Any tips about installing them or the subject line so I can search 
>the archives?

Well..... no..... maybe... well..... I dunno. BUT!.... well.... I just 
dunno. There's a difference of tone, and perceived power, when you set a 
piano on concrete as opposed to wood. The structure of a stage floor can 
change the tonal characteristics of something like a D.
I've watched a stage truck flex under heavy play, and... well... energy 
doesn't disappear, remember. Although the truck flexes back up, as in a 
bounce, it still takes some part of the input to make it flex down to begin 
with.
BUT.... once I saw that Ric's unit needed hammers and key bushings, I 
realized that this piano couldn't show us the difference of flooring (or 
trucks, or whatever). When it's got a functional action, THEN you can hear 
or at least investigate the more subtle stuff.
And, yeah, a regular spider dolly is bound to be safer than those smaller 
wheeled individual shop thingys. You say... about to get.... I've a 
customer with a used truck for sale. He even repainted it. Dunno how much 
he wants, but I bet it's less than new prices, and I don't think those 
things ever wear out.
No tips on archive search. Try your Journal CD-ROMs.

Later,
Guy