I was just about ready to begin a floor tuning on a new Yam C3 today, but first, as usual with the new grands, I had to remove the protective foam wrapping and that long wood strip that holds the hammers down during transit. well, to my horror, I immediately noticed that the majority of the keys were totally out of whack and were all on the WRONG front key pin, actually the next one over. When I lifted each key off the wrong pin and onto the right one, the keys had already been severley warped. Then, I noticed two (that I found so far) broken parts, including one of the bolts that hold down the keys stop rail. Then, I attempted to play the notes and immediately noticed that the regulation was so bad, that it's hard to believe it was EVER regulated to specs (as they usually ALWAYS are, at least with Yamaha) in the first place. The hammers ALL blubber, the key dip is way too shallow, the letoff is much to far from the strings, etc, etc. My guess is that this piano was dropped by the movers, and that is the reason for all the damage and compromised action regulation. Do you think we should contact the mover's, call Yamaha, or what? The way the piano is now will no doubt require a MAJOR repair and regulation job, and I do mean MAJOR, and being a newbie, it's just a tad beyond my current experience level, to say the least. Terry Peterson Los Angeles, CA Associate Member, PTG ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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