Are the small wheeled dollies a significant improvement over the OEM wheels the piano presumably has? I say presumably because I've seen a few newer pianos without wheels. Terry Farrell On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Porritt, David wrote: > Both dollies work well and don't elevate the piano significantly. > The main point is why they want the dolly. If it is to move the > piano to the front of a room and back, the small one does fine. If > they want to go room to room and go over thresholds and uneven > floors they had better get the large wheels one. The big wheels > really are better, but if the moving is minimum...... > > dp > > > David M. Porritt, RPT > dporritt at smu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf Of Terry Farrell > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 4:02 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Upright Dolly Recommendation > > A church client called me today and asked me to order a dolly for > their Yamaha upright (don't think it's a U-series - maybe like a T-118 > or so). I don't have much experience with these. Anyone have a > recommendation? I'm thinking something like the #4009 Upright Twin > Dollies from Pianotek would do the job. Do these hold up? I see they > have a #4010 heavy duty dolly with bigger wheels - but does that put > the piano way up in the air? Any input would be appreciated. > > Terry Farrell
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