[pianotech] Upright Dolly Recommendation

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Wed Mar 10 10:02:59 MST 2010


Excellent. Thanks you. That helps.

Terry Farrell

On Mar 10, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Zeno Wood wrote:

> Duh.
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> I tried to send it last night, but the photo was too big.  Maybe  
> it's too small now.  Take 2:
>
> Here's a picture of a Yamaha P2 I recently mounted on the 4009  
> upright dollies, using a tilter.  The front to back measurement by  
> chance was an exact match, others I've done had a little more room.   
> You are correct about the fixed dimension of the dolly.  There are  
> vertical screw holes in the back to bolt it to the back posts.  If  
> you put the dollies to the extreme ends, there's no interference  
> with the player's feet.  It only raises it a very little bit, not  
> very noticeable.  The dolly also protrudes a little bit in the back  
> of the piano, so the piano can't be pushed all the way back to the  
> wall.
>
> ps. - I used a ratchet strap to secure the piano to the tilter.
>
> -Zeno Wood
>
>
>
> One more question if I may. Looking at both the 4009 and 4010 dollies,
> it appears you can run a screw through the vertical part of the dolly
> into the back (I presume) of the piano. I believe the front-to-back
> dimension of these dollies is fixed. So the front wheel will stick out
> some distance from the front of the knee board, the exact amount
> simply depends on the dimensions of the piano - am I understanding
> this correctly?
>
> I guess it would not be obtrusive because one would install them at
> the extreme ends of the piano (or I guess just inboard of the OEM
> casters) - correct?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
>
> <vertical dollies tilter smaller.JPG>

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