My sentiments, exactly. If you MUST maintain the sanctity of original legs, I wonder if cabling the beastie to the spider (like shipboard pianos) would be a viable option. Eyebolts and angled cables to stabilize? There's a reason those kids are institutionalized. Wuudja like to see a $&$ D with evidence of splintering? Trying to create foolproof piano/spider interfaces only creates more determined fools. Conrad Hoffsommer To: joegarrett at earthlink.net; pianotech at ptg.org Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:23:24 -0500 From: wimblees at aol.com Subject: Re: [pianotech] Double leg Truck install As Joe mentioned, besides the contraption problem, the legs on these instruments were not designed for the piano to e moved. Even with a fancy board to set the legs on, as soon as students try to move the piano, when the spider's casters hit a snag, door jam, or carpet, the legs them selves will snap. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 7:10 pm Subject: [pianotech] Double leg Truck install David Love asked: "Any ideas as to what to do with this type of piano in order to get it on a tripod dolly (institutional setting)." David, I'd use a 2x4 with two forstner holes for the little legs, (remove casters of course.<G>). Another 2x4 block that will fit, (snug), into the truck "cup". Since these legs are notoriously "fragile", I'd use a Jansen piano lifter/truck to lift it straight up and then place the "leg supports on the truck and then align them with the legs. Lower cautiously and pray that they don't decide to use the darned thing for a skateboard!<G> Best Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100202/bf8afc7b/attachment.htm>
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