[CAUT] performance piano caster selection

[G Cousins]

John,

I modified (shortened) a set of spare S&S legs to accomodate the differential of height of the Hamburg casters.  I do not care for the stage trucks and the Hamburg casters are very smooth rolling and worth the $$. 

Don't know if this would work in your case but it did save me a bunch of money. Rather than buying "new" shorter legs.  Let me know, if you're interested, happy to share.

Gerry C

WCUPA 
 
> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 10:48:23 -0500
> From: jminor at illinois.edu
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: [CAUT] performance piano caster selection
> 
> Our director is unhappy with the look of the traditional grand "truck" 
> dollie on one of our 7' performance grands. The preferred look is the 3 
> 1/2" $300 each brass casters which require the purchase of a shorter leg 
> at a cost of $1,355.
> 
> I'm curious what other institutions use instead of the traditional 
> grand truck dollie. Pianotek carries a heavy duty Darnell concert grand 
> caster, but I'm concerned about how these will hold up with frequent 
> moving on a stage. They also carry some nice looking wider brass 
> casters, but I'm concerned about raising the height of the keyboard.
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> 
> John Minor
> University of Illinois
 		 	   		  
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