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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks, Ken. This is most helpful and
definitely seems the correct way to go.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=red face="Kristen ITC"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Kristen ITC";color:red;font-style:normal'>Eric
Wolfley, RPT</span></font></i></em><i><font size=2 color=navy face="Kristen ITC"><span
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Piano Technician</span></font></i></em><i><font size=2 color=navy
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ken Zahringer<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 06, 2007 3:43
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College
and University Technicians</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CAUT] Legs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Hey, Eric,<br>
<br>
DON’T CUT THE SPADE OFF!!!<br>
<br>
OK, now that I have your attention, I just did this a few weeks ago. I
had David Hughes talk me through it before I did it, and it came out OK.
I installed the BIG casters from Pianoforte Supply.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>The bottom of my legs were
really chewed up from being on a truck, and being moved (coming off and
going back on the truck) a lot. I cut 3/4” of the bottom of
each spade. This actually turned out to be good, as it somewhat
preserved the proportion of the spade to the shorter leg. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>The leg comes in two parts:
the shaft and the capital. David had another term for the top part,
but I can’t remember what it was. I’ll say capital.
The joint is a 3” long, 2” diameter blind wedged mortise
and tenon. You want to separate the two parts and cut down the top
of the shaft. The total leg length, including caster, must remain
24”, so you’ll be taking off something like 2”. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Remove the leg plate.
Drill a hole through the center point of the capital, which may not
be the center of the plate recess, to gain access to the blind mortise.
You’ll be cutting off the end of the tenon as well, so you can
just keep drilling to take out the tenon wedge. This hole is for
access for a ram, so make it big. I used a 1 3/8” spade bit.
1 1/2” wouldn’t be too much. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Put some padding, like 3-4
thicknesses of furniture pad, on sawhorses or whatever you have available
that’s sturdy. Brace the capital, letting the shaft hang free.
Using a ram and a mallet, through the hole you drilled, drive the
shaft out of the capital. I used a length of 3/4” black iron
pipe with an end cap and a 20 oz hammer. A 3 lb mallet would have
been better. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>On a band saw, cut the
necessary amount off the top of the shaft, leaving the tenon intact.
You’ll need to make a jig to hold the end of the tapered leg
square to the blade. If you have an older D with the recessed panel
legs, cut an extra 1/2” off the shaft, then make a 1/2” thick
plate that will slide down over the tenon and replace the top border of
the panel. Cut the end of the tenon off so it is again
3”overall. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Now you have a leg the right
length and a tenon that is part round and part square. Use a good
sharp chisel to round off the bottom new part of the tenon, and extend the
slot to the bottom on the band saw. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Reassemble the leg. I
used epoxy, since that old hide glue came apart way too easily.
Insert a new wedge through the hole you drilled, and glue a plug in
the hole. Drilling the hole probably damaged at least one of the
plate screw holes, so you’ll have to deal with that. Drill
whatever hole you need in the bottom of the leg for the caster, install
the caster, and reinstall the plate. </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Touch up the finish at the
top of the leg and you’re done.</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'><br>
I think that’s everything. It’s really not too bad; I did all
three legs in a day. After most of a day of planning, that is. The
alternative, of course, is to spend $800 or so on a new set of legs from Steinway.
At my pay, I could have spent a week on the project and still come out a
little cheaper.<br>
<br>
If you have any questions, call David. He’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Da</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Man.</st1:State></st1:place><br>
<br>
Hope this helps,<br>
Ken Z.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 4/6/07 10:18 AM, "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)"
<WOLFLEEL@ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’m interested in hearing from anybody who has cut down legs to
install some large brass casters on a S&S D. We have a couple of
instruments that could really use this treatment here. I’ve looked at
some really nice casters that Piano Forte Supply is selling…<br>
<br>
I don’t have a Hamburg D to look at here so I’m wondering how the
“spade” part of the spade leg looks on those instruments. Does it
just look like a NY leg that has been cut down or have they changed the
proportions somehow. I’m concerned that the legs might not look right
after we’ve spent all that money on them…<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Eric<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Garamond'><br>
-- <br>
Ken Zahringer, RPT<br>
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