[pianotech] Piano on Soft Carpet

[Terry Farrell]

Great idea - I knew there was a good reason I've been salvaging all  
those large flat-headed wood screws from old uprights all these  
years......  :-)

Terry Farrell

On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Floyd Gadd wrote:

> I've read of a method of levelling grandfather clocks on soft carpet  
> that
> uses flat head screws driven through the carpet into the floor such  
> that the
> heads of the screws are level with the top surface of the carpet.   
> The clock
> sits on on the heads of the screw rather than on the carpet, and  
> thus is
> stable.  The screws can be adjusted to achieve a perfectly level  
> clock. If
> this piano has no casters, perhaps its points of contact with the  
> floor are
> large enough that a method like this might work.  Trying to balance  
> casters
> on the heads of screw would of course be an exercise in futility.
>
> Floyd Gadd
> Manitoba Chapter