<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Not with the Grand Chariot but the three shop made skids on wheels that we = use have never been a problem If the front and rear wheels are properly spaced it = won't be a problem I think the Chariot is a product of Harry Day's fertile = imagination and it shouldn't be a problem.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left>-----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of = Ken Zahringer Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:43 = PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano = Horse </DIV>Out here in the country we call that = “high centering”.  Also happens when you drive down a country lane with deep ruts. :-) I’m banking on those 5” casters to prevent it. =  Anyone have direct experience out there? Ken Z. On 2/28/06 11:32 = AM, "Jeff Olson" <jlolson@cal.net> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>The one = problem I've had with dollies/wheeled platforms that have several feet = between front and back casters is "bottoming out" going up and down several stairs = on ramps.  That can be truly annoying, especially with a heavy = instrument (by "bottoming out," I mean that the center of the platform comes = into contact with the top of the ramp -- a common, if not unavoidable = problem when moving upright pianos with organ-style end dollies, one reason = I never use them except on organs). Perhaps the Grand Chariot elevates the piano high = enough (casters a nice 5"!) to avoid this problem under most = circumstances?   Jeff = O. </BLOCKQUOTE>-- Ken Zahringer, RPT University of Missouri School of Music </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>