Heyyyyy... I don't have much advice for you- but you are not alone. Sooo...I guess I'm just here for moral support. I to, have an SD-10 at school with no height complaints- but a MEAN bow in the piano truck. I can only assume that it has been there for as many years as yours has been. What a trip reading your post. Maybe we should get some new high fallutin' trucks?? :) MIchelle stranges@oswego.edu --On Wednesday, May 7, 2003 10:18 AM -0500 "Elwood Doss, Jr." <edoss@utm.edu> wrote: > > Hey guys, > Several months ago I sent an e-mail regarding our Baldwin SD-10. One of > the professors complained that the bottom of the keyboard is lower than > the 7' Steinways are. So I measured. Here are the facts: > > Baldwin SD-10: From floor to bottom of keybed: 23 3/4" > From floor to top of keys: 28 1/8" > Steinway 7': From floor to bottom of keybed: 25 1/8" > From floor to top of keys: 29 1/4" > > It seems to me that we should raise it up at least 1 1/4" so the height > of the keys from the floor are the same as the Steinways. The piano > truck does seem to bow up in the middle an inordinate amount. Placing an > extra leg in the center thereby allowing the weight of the piano to press > down on the center of the truck is not a option, primarily due to > aesthetic reasons. I am thinking about lifting the piano off the truck > and readjusting the bolts that hold the extensions in place, although I > don't think this would gain us much height, if any. The piano has been > on this truck for 30 years, so it may be permanently bowed. I wondered > about placing a 1" or 1 1/4" aluminum spacer between the leg cup on the > truck and the truck itself. This would mean replacing the large screw > that hold the leg cup on with a longer one. Extending the leg with a > wood extension is also not an option due to the castor insert (although I > guess that could be removed, since it will never be used with the > original wheels (I don't know where they are for that matter). This > professor is the only one who has complained, but he is tall so that > would account for the problem. Surgery on his legs is not an option > either, I don't think. Let me know what you think. Joy! > Elwood > > Elwood Doss, Jr. > Technical Director/Piano Technician > Department of Music > 225 Fine Arts Building > University of Tennessee at Martin > 731/587-7482 > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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