new hamilton console

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 Hi Ron,
I have a friend who bought a used piano at a thrift store.   For whatever 
reason he won't put the casters on. He as books under it.  It seems stable, 
but could this be why it won't hold a good tune?  Even if it's seems like 
it's not moving, could the piano still be supported poorly?
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Lindquist" <rrlindquist at g2a.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: new hamilton console


>I see this all the time in  old houses and even some new ones.  Even if you 
>move it to the other side of the room  ,  the floor many times slopes from 
>all sides to the middle.   I carry a few shim shingles for this purpose 
>because I don't like to tune unless supported the way it was built.    Then 
>tell the client  they may want to use something esthetically  more pleasing 
>and if it is not supported correctly it will go out of tune faster.
>
> Ron
>
> At 05:49 PM 6/29/2006, you wrote:
>
>>List,
>>I have a new Hamilton vertical where the left leg is touching the floor 
>>and the right is not. This is causing the piano to wobble at that leg 
>>because more weight is on it. My question is: Are the casters meant to 
>>touch the floor on the front legs? It seems to me that I have seen many 
>>that don't.
>>Thanks,
>>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano
>>
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