Putting new casters on. Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano www.uccipiano.com On Sep 8, 2010, at 11:38 AM, "Roger Gable" <roger at gablepiano.com> wrote: > Having designed my grand piano tilter for the last year to determine > weight distribution of grand pianos, I can tell you that the weight > distribution depends on the size of the piano. 9' pianos have > slightly more weight distribution on the tail, but smaller pianos > (around 6') have about 2/3 distributed on the 2 front legs with the > bass leg taking approximately 55% of the 2 front legs. A 750lb. > piano is commensurate to a 7' piano which would have approximately > equal weight distribution on all 3 legs. Of course this varies with > the manufacturer. > Roger Gable > P.S. Why did you need to know this? > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell at ameritech.net > > > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 7:39 AM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weight question > > > No! Lift each one, one at a time, and you'll understand. > > Greg Newell > Greg's Piano Forté > www.gregspianoforte.com > 216-226-3791 (office) > 216-470-8634 (mobile) > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf > Of Richard Ucci > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:34 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Weight question > > > List, > If a piano weighs 750 lbs. , should one assume that each leg supports > one third of weight? > > Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano > www.uccipiano.com > > >
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