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<font size=3>At 07:53 AM 08/15/2000 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Hello all. I've been using the archives
for a little while now and I'd like to join the fray. I'm getting
ready to do a caster replacement job on a Baldwin Hamilton in a local
school. I do not have a piano tilter as of yet. My plan is to
get several helpers to put the piano on it's back (on blocks of
course). I would appreciate any caveats or suggestions from those
of you with more experience. Also, I think I should remove the
action from the piano while doing this. Thanks for any help.<br>
<br>
Mitch Ruth<br>
DeMossville, KY<br>
mitch_ruth@hotmail.com<br>
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Mitch,<br>
Out of the kettle and into the fire, eh; glad to have you aboard.<br>
<br>
Although a tilter is the easiest means to install casters, there is
an<br>
easier way than to shlump the piano onto its back. Tilt the piano<br>
onto its side with a block (tool case :-) keeping the top edge<br>
sufficiently off the ground to make righting it easier. Tilt onto
the<br>
other side for the casters on the other end. I have done this many
times.<br>
<br>
Place a pad or something else on the floor to protect the lower<br>
corner and the floor while tilting. Always, always, always make
certain<br>
the problem caster does not mar the floor while positioning the
piano.<br>
This is a good practice when moving any piano even if the casters<br>
are good.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div>Jon Page, piano technician</div>
<div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div>
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