There are a couple other things you can do to avoid a BIG mishap. Put a piece of thick carpet where the casters will touch....they dont roll so easy on carpet....also i have used rubber mutes to lock the casters. One more thing....run the wheels of the tilter up on something to get it elevated a bit so the casters won't hit thye floor so soon....you want the piano to be near verticval at the moment the rear casters toubh the floor....good luck. Dick RPT MT ---------- > From: Maxpiano@aol.com > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: Piano Tilters > Date: Tuesday, April 22, 1997 2:42 AM > > Warren and list - > > I almost had your experience once and was able to push the piano upright just > in time. > > What works for me without using clamps is: > > 1. Make sure all four casters are pointing up (away from the floor) before > you start letting the piano down. This requires hitting the right spot and > not jarring the piano as you let it down. > > 2. As the rear casters touch (double check that they are still point AWAY > from the floor), hold the top of the piano from going too fast upright while > tilting the tilter away from the piano so that the toe hooks remain engaged, > hooked under the bottom of the piano. This last insures that the piano does > not get away from you. (Learned in Fern Henry's vertical repairs class). > > Bill Maxim, RPT > > In a message dated 97-04-21 09:35:30 EDT, you write: > > << The problem I had once was when I had the new casters > installed and was trying to stand it back up. The new casters were > larger rubber tired and took the weight of the piano from the the tilter > too soon so that the forks popped out from under it! Boy, that was > exiting! That's when I found out about 2X4 blocks! I also clamp the > tilter to the backposts with small bar clamps. >> >
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