<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Hi, Bob, and Colleagues -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You could use a regular Colson stage dolly with custom-made replacements for the square leg sockets.  Probably easiest and cheapest would be to get some steel channel from your local steel supply house or from a welder or steel fabrication shop.  "C 3 x 4.1" is the smallest standard size; that's 3 inches wide and 4.1 lbs. per foot.  Flanges are about 1 3/8 inches and web thickness is about 3/16".  Have the shop cut three pieces long enough to hold a pair of the piano's 'feet' and weld end pieces on the channels to keep the pair of legs captured.  Have the shop drill and countersink a hole same as in the original square leg sockets.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Using six of the tricycle casters might not be so good.  Unless the floor is everywhere flat they will be forever rattling.  And they don't provide anywhere near the protection to the legs afforded by the stage dolly.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">~ Tom McNeil ~<BR>Vermont Piano Restorations<BR>VermontPiano.com<BR><BR>346 Camp Street<BR>Barre, VT 05641<BR>(802) 476-7072 <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/12/2008 5:23:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rnossaman@cox.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>> We have a institutional piano with six legs and they want a<BR>> piano truck for it.  It will be rolled around on the stage<BR>> some. I have thought about just using six of the 4 wheel<BR>> dollies or modifying a 3 legged piano truck by adding a<BR>> cross piece to support the extra legs. It would be welded<BR>> on. It is a small Packard grand. Any ideas of comments<BR>> would be welcome.<BR>> <BR>> Thanks, Bob Hull<BR><BR>Sorry Bob, I didn't get this answered the first time. I did <BR>one for a church once. They wanted something as cheap as <BR>possible, naturally, and didn't much care how it looked, so I <BR>did the cheapest, quickest addition I thought of at the time. <BR>Salvage yard steel box, about 2"x3", about 14 gage or so (not <BR>very heavy). I hole sawed holes in the ends for the legs to <BR>set in, and one in the middle for access to the attach bolt <BR>and drilled a hole in the bottom the size of the bolt. With <BR>the legs in the holes (on bolts to keep them off the side of <BR>the hole) the sides of the box came 2" up the leg, but the <BR>height of the piano wasn't raised over what a conventional <BR>install would have given them. Looked a little different, but <BR>it worked fine. I didn't cap the ends, for cost savings.<BR><BR>One approach.<BR>Ron N<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? <A title="http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017" href="http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017" target="_blank">Read reviews on AOL Autos</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>