<!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 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Thanks David.  Have you tried a double rubber wheel on a concert = grand?  Can it take that pressure?  I've had even the tri-wheel rubber wheels = (small dollies) break apart under a concert grand.  = Thanks.</DIV> <DIV> Lance Lafargue, RPT Mandeville, LA  New = Orleans Chapter lafargue@iamerica.net   = </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr>-----Original Message----- From: = owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of David Skolnik Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 4:55 = PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: new wheels for Steinway D </DIV>Lance, It's not clear entirely clear from = your post, but it sounds as though you are describing a single brass or steel = wheel  such as Steinway #008760.   If this piano is being used on a = stage, why wouldn't you use their double rubber caster #8734?  It's a Darnell  ballbearing caster with additional bearings around the = wheel hub.  I'm not sure the Steinway style wheel comes in more than = one hardness, but the Apsco (bless them) version does (less the hub bearings).  These wheels can, in fact, roll too easily, at = times.   Good luck. David Skolnik skolnik@attglobal.net At 08:49 AM 10/12/2000 -0500, = you wrote: >Dearest list, >I have two customers with new = Steinway D's.  The new ones have a wheel that >is even smaller (and = rounded as opposed to flat) than the older ones.  This >is putting = deep marks on the stage.  Both are hoping to get something = like >the nice wide casters on Baldwins instead of the big dollies that most halls >use.  I know I can put the little three wheel = casters on it, but was >wondering if anyone knew if someone made something that = would fit on the >Steinway as is.  Thanks. > >Lance = Lafargue, RPT >Mandeville, LA >New Orleans Chapter >lafargue@iamerica.net > = </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>