Subject: Re: Six Leg Piano Dolly Related, Take a spider dolly to the welder and have him fit a plate large enough to hold both legs and bolt that to the spider dolly. David I. Subject: Re: Six Leg Piano Dolly >Hi, >Get a welding shop to make one to fit. Cheaper than the wholesale cost of a >standard Grand Truck. >At 09:16 AM 08/11/2004 -0800, you wrote: >>I have a client at a church who was given a six legged grand. Will see it >>for the first time tomorrow. They would like to have the piano put onto a >>dolly (is it called a "spider dolly"?). I've got an idea on the modification >>that needs to be made so the piano will fit on the three leg dolly but would >>like some input from anyone having done this procedure before. >> >>Please help!!! >> >> >>Wayne Lutzow, Associate >>Lincoln, CA Wayne I did this about a year ago. Remove the leg socket from the spider dolly. Measure the exact distance from one caster stem hole to the other for each pair of legs. Have a welding shop make a "stretcher" that is drilled to fit the now vacant hole in the spider dolly, and drill a hole near each end of the stretcher at the dimension between the legs-from one caster stem to the other. Then, ask them to weld a 2" carriage bolt inserted from the bottom of the stretcher. Set the piano's legs over these bolts. This will keep the piano legs from sliding off the dolly. Paul C
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