[pianotech] Bench protectors - - (Glides?)

Avery Todd ptuner1 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 29 04:46:21 MDT 2010


Maybe something like one of these?

http://www.myeasyparts.com/glides-furniture-feet-c-1.html?gclid=COWFv6Hy96QCFRKt7QodWjZGhg

Avery

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>wrote:

>  Jer asked:
> "Yesterday, while tuning at my college, I noticed that one of the benches
> to
>  a Kawai K-3 had small round rubber caps (?) that were about the size of
> the
> bottom of the feet of the leg in diameter and were screwed into the bottom
> of the leg. They are about, 1/8" thick or so. They are great! They are
> soft, slide easily, appear quite durable and will not scratch the tile
> floor
> when moving the bench around. I've not seen these before. The store that
> sold the piano had no clue where they came from nor does the college so I
> assume perhaps that they came with the bench?
>
>
> Any idea where I can get a few dozen of these little things or something
> just as good? I looked in the Pianotek and Schaff catalogs, paging through
> them both but, didn't see anything. "
>
> Jer,
> A picture might be nice.<G> I suspect you are talking about Bassik glides.
> They come in various sizes. They are obtainable from your better hardware
> stores. I put them on all new benches for my clients.
> Regards,
> Joe
>
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
>
>
>
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