Wedges are the way to go. Play a firm chord with both hands at the same time and you will feel that piano dip! Also discourages the piano from wandering away from an energetic performer... ;-) Andrew Anderson At 11:44 AM 5/9/2006, you wrote: >Is there a consensus out there that concert instruments project better with >a solid contact to the floor as contrasted with a piano on a dolly (rubber >wheels)? If so, what technique do you use to deal with it? I have several >venues with pianos on dollies. If I can get better tone out of my pianos >simply by making a more solid contact, I'll go home and make some wedges or >whatever tonight! Pronto, rapidisimo, asap....... Pictures are always nice, >if you have the time. > >Thanks. > >Alan > > > > From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> > > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" > <caut at ptg.org> > > Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 07:09:57 -0400 > > To: <caut at ptg.org> > > Subject: [CAUT] Hamburg leg bolt > > > > If students are to be moving this piano often, I'd worry more about > > personal injury than tone. > > > > Definitely get a piano truck!!! If you want a solid contact to the > > floor for performance then > > make up some hardwood wedges to block under the legs. > > > > As a side note, when it comes time to remove or install a piano on a truck, > > I have two small wedges (I call them 'Truck Stops') to place > under the front > > legs so the back arm does not flip upwards. To remove a truck, place both > > Stops under the front legs and remove the rear leg from the truck. > > When installing, > > place a Stop under each front leg as it is positioned then simply > > swing the rear > > arm under the rear leg. > > -- > > > > Regards, > > > > Jon Page
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