<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>This afternoon I got a ca=
ll from a woman who stated that the movers had broken the casters on the fro=
nt "legs" of her piano. I told her I'd squeeze in a look between appoi=
ntments. When I got to her house, the Kimball spinet was wrapped in bl=
ankets, and was upside down! That was a first for me.
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<BR>The front casters were indeed broken. They are those "futuristic" =
ball thingies that are virtually useless. Finding casters like this is=
not the problem. How they attach to the piano is another matter. &nbs=
p;
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<BR>The casters are unremovably attached to the plates. The legs are r=
ectangles of flat steel that function as legs with toe-blocks. The cas=
ter plates attach to mounts of the same size that are welded to the legs. &n=
bsp;Each caster is attached to the piano by 4 machine screws around half an =
inch long.
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<BR>Is there a storehouse of Kimball parts that anyone has knowledge of that=
might have a set of these casters? I will probably fabricate some gli=
ders out of wood and felt if I can't find replacements. Then I'll put =
the piano rightside up and tune it(if possible).
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<BR>Thanks,
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<BR>Dave Stahl</FONT></HTML>