Avery, if you are going to install it yourself, you need a couple of blocks to put under the part of the dolly that extends past the wheel and under the piano legs to prevent the thing from tipping up while you are lifting the other legs into place. A 4X4, I think, a 2 by isn't quite thick enough. Leave the hex tighteners loose enough to adjust their length and straightness with a rubber hammer Nichols wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > -- Warren Fisher- RPT Retired, Navy Retired, Slidell, Louisiana Titanium User group:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glendale_titanium/ Travel Club:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TitaniumTravClub/ 98 2500 Dodge CTD, Auto, SRW, 410, BD EB, Autolock, Pressure lock, Temp Guage, Mag-Hytec DD, BD aux ATF fluid cooler [fan] 02 Titanium fiver 28E33, Solar, 2000 watt inverter/charger, AGM batteries, Fantastic, slide awning, Honda 5000 gen-set. "On the road again!!"
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