> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> > Date: February 1, 2010 10:33:27 PM EST > > Any ideas as to what to do with this type of piano in order to get it on a tripod dolly (institutional setting). I say: tell them not to move the dang thing! That type of leg structure is notoriously unreliable; some precocious fourth grader could probably break one of those legs pretty easily. Also, if they can't afford a better piano than the one pictured, they will probably have a hard time with the cost of a piano dolly with some custom modifications. I'm not trying to be judgmental, just realistic. If they insist, and if you use a regular grand dolly with wider custom platforms at each tip of the "Y," as some have suggested, I would strongly encourage you to also reinforce the leg/piano interface. I only service one of this type of piano that has survived intact on a dolly. It belonged to a school prior to my customer's acquisition of it. The school janitors had found and installed some huge steel "L" brackets that extended close to a foot down the inner side of each of the six legs. Not so pretty, but neither is a squashed church member, student, or senior citizen. You can always paint 'em brown (the brackets, not the church member, student, or senior citizen!). Joe DeFazio Pittsburgh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100202/7c60ef26/attachment.htm>
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