Casters (soft vs hard)

John Peters jpeters@netcom.com
Sat, 13 Apr 1996 20:17:17 -0700 (PDT)


>
> Bill,
>     You wrote:
>
> It would seem a simple matter to relieve any such flexing by lifting up at
> each corner of the keyboard (you know, sitting down, knees under the keybed
> and ankles doing the lifting), just slightly so that the leg can reset itself
> free of the piano's weight.
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
>
>
>     I presume Bill, that you intend for the concert artist to play the
> concert holding the piano up on his/her knees so as to let the leg hang
> without being flexed!!!  No Bill, the wheels should be in line with the
> front to back of the piano so as not to flex the keybed.
>
> Ed Hilbert  - by the way Bill, I got the paper, where can I get the mental?
>
>

I tried this, and the legs DID shift.  ALso, I noticed a little more
bulge in my lower calfs the following day.  Anyone got any ideas for the
quads?

John Peters, RPT

Berkeley, CA




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