On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:47 AM, lee innocent <ljinno at googlemail.com> wrote: > List, > > Happy New Year! > > I am currently restoring a 1909 grand with the twin legs (six castors in > all). The legs are not screw threaded, the fitting is like a mortice > joint. Closer inspection in the workshop revealed cracks in these joints > on all the legs. I intend to glue and screw with cascamite to strengthen > the joints, but I know piano will be moved for public performances. So, > does anyone know of an A-frame that takes twin legs or,,,,,, someway of > adding extra stability. > > > Hi Lee, I once saw a piano such as you describe on a stage dolly, they had used angle iron for the twin legs to fit on, the angle iron was in turn bolted to the flat arm end of the stage dolly. Of course the wheels had been removed. For your application if they want the wheels on it I would think a caster cup of some sort attached to the angle iron would suffice. IMHO removing the wheels would still be the best way to go. Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090107/be1ab59a/attachment-0001.html>
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