<HTML>In a message dated 5/7/03 10:18:58 AM Central Daylight= Time, edoss@utm.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">It seems to me that we should r= aise it up at least 1 1/4" so the height of the keys from the floor are the = same as the Steinways.  The piano truck does seem to bow up in the midd= le an inordinate amount.  Placing an extra leg in the center thereby al= lowing the weight of the piano to press down on the center of the truck is n= ot a option, primarily due to aesthetic reasons.  I am thinking about l= ifting the piano off the truck and readjusting the bolts that hold the exten= sions in place, although I don't think this would gain us much height, if an= y.  The piano has been on this truck for 30 years, so it may be permane= ntly bowed.  I wondered about placing a 1" or 1 1/4" aluminum spacer be= tween the leg cup on the truck and the truck itself.  This would mean r= eplacing the large screw that hold the leg cup on with a longer one.  E= xtending the leg with a wood extension is also not an option due to the cast= or insert (although I guess that could be removed, since it will never be us= ed with the original wheels (I don't know where they are for that matter).&n= bsp; This professor is the only one who has complained, but he is tall so th= at would account for the problem.  Surgery on his legs is not an option= either, I don't think.  Let me know what you think. Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr. </BLOCKQUOTE> Elwood You cannot eliminate the bow in the truck. I tried what you whant to do on t= he truck in the concert hall, and it didn't solve the problem. Besides, 1 1/= 4" is a lot. I don't think the keybed height can be attributed to the bowed = truck. I think the Baldwin probably had larger casters when it was new, that= made the keybed higher. But maybe Baldwin's are lower than Steinways. I don= 't know. Your suggestion of putting the spacer between the cup and the truck is proba= bly the best and easiest solution. However, surgery might be more permanent.= But if you did that in your shop on the band saw, the clean up could be awf= ully messy. Wim </HTML>