<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <FONT= size=2>Spring Valley Manufacturing is the new name= of the old Kimball Co.  The last communication I had with= them (2 - 3 years ago) they still had some replacement parts --= bass strings in my case.  They are in Jasper and French= Lick Indiana. dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275   ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: <<A= href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A>> To:= <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:57:28 EST Subject: Upside down= Kimball spinet: anyone have casters for this? This= afternoon I got a call from a woman who stated that the movers= had broken the casters on the front "legs" of her piano.  I= told her I'd squeeze in a look between appointments.  When= I got to her house, the Kimball spinet was wrapped in blankets,= and was upside down!  That was a first for me. 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.   The= casters are unremovably attached to the plates.  The legs= are rectangles of flat steel that function as legs with= toe-blocks.  The caster plates attach to mounts of the same= size that are welded to the legs.  Each caster is attached= to the piano by 4 machine screws around half an inch long.=   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 gliders out of wood and= felt if I can't find replacements.  Then I'll put the piano= rightside up and tune it(if possible). Thanks,= Dave Stahl </BODY></HTML>