Concert Grand Trucks

[Avery Todd]

Eric,

Sounds like a good idea but with the budget crunch in Texas and thereby
the state university where I work, that's going to have to be put on a
wish list. I believe they had to get special permission to spend even
this much extra money which hadn't been budgeted for. At least I was
able to get them to also pop for the extra $10.00 per wheel for the
locking wheels! :-) Thanks for the post.

Avery

>We own a grand piano transporter from Jansen the use of which is by far the
>simplest and most effective way to get those trucks under concert or other
>grands. The transporter is rather pricey but we use the dang thing all the
>time for both moving pianos around and for doing leg and caster repairs. Beg
>borrow or steal one. I can install one of those trucks under a concert grand
>by myself in less than half an hour. A big advantage is that you can adjust
>and tighten all bolts while the piano is hovering a couple of inches above
>the truck then just drop it down. There are places here (atriums, etc.)
>where we can move grands without knocking them down using this tool. Saves a
>lot of time and moving money.
>
>Eric
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Eric Wolfley
>Head Piano Technician
>Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
>University of Cincinnati
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From:	Avery Todd [mailto:atodd@UH.EDU]
>Sent:	Friday, March 28, 2003 9:41 AM
>To:	caut@ptg.org
>Subject:	Concert Grand Trucks
>
>List,
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions on the best/easiest way to install
>a 9' grand onto a grand truck? We're buying two for our 'D's in the
>major hall here and I've never had to install one under that large
>a piano. I could hire my movers to do them but if I could do it
>myself (with help, of course) I'd rather not spend the money.
>
>If someone could furnish me with a possible subject line, I'd also
>be more than willing to search for this in the archives. Surely it's
>been discussed in the last several years. :-)
>
>Thanks for the help, either way.
>
>Regards,
>Avery