Piano truck choice?

[Susan Kline]

At 08:15 PM 7/30/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi there, Petite wetlander,
>    Get the clunky one, cause it's the best product for the price, and 
> then wrap the spiders with canvas duck, like is used on the covers. Or... 
> custom colors, whatever.
>Take a jack, a box, and a short chunk of two-by-four. Don't do like the 
>Yamaha (w/PianoDisc) in the lobby of the Hyatt in Chicago. You know... 
>leave the castors on.... whew!
>
>Guy Nichols, RPT
>Kept on Truckin'

<grin> I didn't notice the pianodisc legs in the lobby, since I was 
observing it mainly from three floors above. But I did find a little Yamaha 
at a resort once perched on a truck still wearing brass roller skates. And 
one of the arms of the truck wasn't even adjusted to meet the leg. Sort of 
a stand-up-to-play piano, and veeeeeeery precarious.

I hadn't thought of fabric slip-covers. That's an interesting idea.

Do you have a company whose truck you prefer, for price or sturdiness or 
customer service or whatever?

Thanks to all who responded.

Susan



>At 09:55 AM 7/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hi
>>
>>The Newport Arts Center has a Kawai grand in their front foyer, roughly 
>>5'6". The director has asked me to figure out what sort of truck they 
>>should buy for it. He says he doesn't want anything "clunky looking" but 
>>they need something to make the piano easier to wheel around on the 
>>(firm, thin) carpet.
>>
>>Any suggestions? It's not something I've done before.
>>
>>Susan