Tilter scooters

Howard F Jackson hjackson8@juno.com
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:42:04 -0500


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This falls in the catagory of "don't ask me how I know".  I've had only
one and afterwards, never again.
Now I put my left foot on the bottom frame and pull up on the back handle
as the piano leans forward and casters make contact with the floor.  No
more trouble, but I've never forgotton when a spinet came down on my left
foot!
Howard

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:03:01 -0700 "Dick Beaton" <rbeaton@initco.net>
writes:
Hi all.....

YES I did have one scoot out on me.  It slid down the  rails of the
tilter...I held onto the handles. When the top of the piano hit the feet
of the tilter I felt like I was going to hit the ceiling!

I had just installed a new set of casters on the old upright.  I figured
out that what happened was the new casters hit the floor and started
rolling forward....you can picture the rest.

The real solution is to prevent the casters from turning  when they touch
the floor...so the piano can't scoot out. A piece of carpet on the floor
where the casters touch down will do the job, but for real insurance I
just used a rubber mute inserted  above the caster wheel to prevent the
caster wheel from turning. I never had another problem.  Simple and easy
as well as SAFE.  Give it a try. 
Dick RPT MT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Carl Meyer 
To: pianotech@ptg.org 
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Running CA


Just like guns, piano tilters are dangerous I have never 
felt the need for one.  Has anyone had a piano scoot out with this exact 
piece of equipment? 

Regards, 
Clyde 




 
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