Good luck telling them not to move it. They're students. If I keep the legs they'll not only have to be reinforced but repaired as the rear leg was already snapped off. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joe DeFazio Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:22 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Piano dolly question From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> Date: February 1, 2010 10:33:27 PM EST Any ideas as to what to do with this type of piano in order to get it on a tripod dolly (institutional setting). I say: tell them not to move the dang thing! That type of leg structure is notoriously unreliable; some precocious fourth grader could probably break one of those legs pretty easily. Also, if they can't afford a better piano than the one pictured, they will probably have a hard time with the cost of a piano dolly with some custom modifications. I'm not trying to be judgmental, just realistic. If they insist, and if you use a regular grand dolly with wider custom platforms at each tip of the "Y," as some have suggested, I would strongly encourage you to also reinforce the leg/piano interface. I only service one of this type of piano that has survived intact on a dolly. It belonged to a school prior to my customer's acquisition of it. The school janitors had found and installed some huge steel "L" brackets that extended close to a foot down the inner side of each of the six legs. Not so pretty, but neither is a squashed church member, student, or senior citizen. You can always paint 'em brown (the brackets, not the church member, student, or senior citizen!). Joe DeFazio Pittsburgh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100201/897f295b/attachment-0001.htm>
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