<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used a bumper jack, cut it to an = appropriate length, put a pipe over it (from a muffler shop) and made a jack just = for that type of use.  Then remove each leg, one at a time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa = Clara, California<BR><A href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A> = </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 18, = 2002 7:48 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Buzzing Caster</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tuned an c 1905 S&S O yesterday and the piano = is buzzing badly at the casters (two of them).  Small shifts in position do = not rectify the matter and I am convinced that it is due to freely moving = ball bearings.  I am wondering about solving the problem by repacking = the bearings in grease.  Will they be accessible when I remove the caster?  And how easily will the caster come out of the socket?   Will it be necessary to lay the piano on its = side or could I do this by blocking up the piano one leg at a time? =  I have never considered doing this as a standard rebuilding procedure but it = might not be a bad idea.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>