<HTML>In a message dated 3/28/03 12:23:27 PM Central Standar= d Time, t.seay@mail.utexas.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Forgive me for asking, but why = do you want a D on a truck? Do you really want >any Joe Blow to be able to move it? What about "grounding" the >piano? What about >the excess movement a truck creates for the player? > >Just asking. Don't shoot me. > >Jim Busby >BYU > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives In our case, the two Concert Grands in our busiest recital hall are frequently moved offstage to accommodate the orchestra, wind ensemble and other groups which may not require piano and who need all the room they can get on stage. Trying to move these pianos on and off stage without them being on trucks would be a real nightmare. Tom -- Tom Seay Piano Tech Office School of Music The University of Texas at Austin </BLOCKQUOTE> Same here. I can't even immagine our two D's without a truck. The caster wou= ld eat up the wood concert hall stage floor, and they would be damaged even = more trying to push them through the doors on the stage. Wim U. of Alabama</HTML>