Concert Grand Trucks

[Elwood Doss, Jr.]

That's a good question Conrad.  We have a Baldwin SD-10 that is on a grand truck.  One of our pianists is tall and he said he didn't like playing the SD-10 because he couldn't get his legs under it.  It was shorter than the Steinways.  I believe the weight of the grand pushes the three tips of the truck closer to the floor, and consequently the middle of the truck bows up.

Has anyone run into this problem?  Anyone encountered a short-legged SD-10?  Is it a miniature? Can I breed it out of the next generation?  Oops, sorry, got it confused with my step-mother's dogs!

What can I do about the SD-10 that's too short?  And I'm serious!
Joy!
Elwood

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: Concert Grand Trucks


> At 11:22 3/28/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> 
> > > Forgive me for asking, but why do you want a D on a truck? Do you really
> >want
> > > any Joe Blow to be able to move it?
> 
> 
> 
> OK, folks, it's been easy up until now.
> 
> Here's my recurring nightmare:
> 
> -We've got this hamburger D with the big fancy casters.
> -We also have a threshold in the doorway going off stage.
> 
> I'm waiting for a crunch.
> 
> I'd like to put it on a truck for safety's sake, but just removing those 
> casters and putting it on a truck will give me a low-rider.  Other than 
> three new high gloss, full length legs, what would you suggest?
> 
> Black painted spacer blocks??
> 
> 
> 
> Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician
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