Casters

[Ken Jankura]

Related question. I have a couple P22s with bad rear caster sockets. Will
supply house sockets work or must these be purchased from Yamaha?
Ken Jankura RPT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ward & Probst" <wardprobst@cst.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 12:26 AM
Subject: RE: Casters


> Bob,
> Last one I did had double wheel (similar to Darnell) casters. The socket
is
> a bit different from supply house stock but you can make standard ones
work.
> Be sure and get cardboard shim washers for the socket when you order.
Quite
> often the socket has been buried a bit in the hole in the frame. Usually
> causes a caster wheel blowout in the middle of the Hamilton class studio
> races on the music department raceways.
> Best,
> Dale
> Dale Probst, RPT
> Member, TEAM2001
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> Reno, NV --July 11-15, 2001
> email: wardprobst@cst.net
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Robert A. Anderson
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 5:47 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Casters
>
>
> I will soon be replacing a caster on a Hamilton studio. Could someone
> tell me if I need to order it from Baldwin, or is it a stock stem size
> that I could get from any supply house?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Anderson
> Tucson, AZ
>
>
>