Dear list, I've been servicing a 1985 Young Chang concert grand which has a player mech. installed (it's inside a hotel's lobby). The dampers - starting at about the break between the tenor & the bass sections are gradually lifting very little to not lifting at all (in the mid to lower bass. A colleague tech. (who originally installed the player), tried to reinforce the tray by attaching an angle iron to the bottom of it all the way across, but it didn't make any difference - the tray appears to bow each time the sustain pedal is depressed. I called Young Chang- trying to get a new ALUMINUM tray but they informed me -it takes 3-4 mos. to get it shipped to the U.S & by that time the budget the hotel allotted for the job will disappear. I did check the flanges which allow the tray to "swing " up & down, & they seem fine. Young Chang is sending me another wooden tray at my request. <By the way, the action is a Renner action> Got any ideas to "beef" up the new tray? There isn't much clearance in that cavity. The original tray is made out of thinly- vertically laminated pin blk. material(3/8" wide). I could possibly go to 1/2" I suspect. Thanks for putting up with such a detailed question. -Dan Amihud RPT Westlake Village, Ca.
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