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Dave Osborne wrote:
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
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Dave Osborne writes:
If you put large diameter wheels permanently on (the bottom of) a
piano, you will have to consider that you will be raising the piano
up, which means that the pedals will be off the floor, the keyboard
will be too high and you may not have enough adjustment in the bench.
To get around this you would need to put the piano on a dolly which
was big enough to put the bench on as well. This would not look good
in a domestic environment.


I've seen larger casters fixed on outriggers on upright pianos
in schools. Enables the piano to remain correct hight off the
ground, and adds stability when wheeling. Tried googling but I
couldn't find any pictures. Probably got some special name.


AOL Can't find 'em either. I've got a feeling some have some sort of
cam arrangement, so you jack the piano up off its normal casters to move
it and drop it down again when in place.

Did find these, tho'

http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/cat...stors/723.html

http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/cat...stors/725.html


and this:

http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/cat...ment/m106.html