casters

[Michelle Smith]

Do everyone a favor and bolt a dolly under the piano. The school district I
tune for has started letting me install these every time we have a caster
issue.  

Michelle Smith
Bastrop, Texas

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of John Voigt
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 6:21 PM
To: pianotech
Subject: casters

When I tuned a Yamaha P22 at a school today I was asked if I could fix the
two front casters as they would fall out when the piano had to be lifted,
such as when going over thresh-holds and such.  I didn't have my tilter with
me nor did I have the time to deal with it today.  That being said, even
though I have seen the problem before, I have not tried to repair it.  I
thought they are held in by a type of spring collar or something.  When the
stem drops out, is there a way (easy or otherwise) to repair it or is
replacement the option?

John Voigt