Yamaha GH1

[Don]

Hi Stan,

Trade it in on a real piano!

At 09:09 PM 03/09/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear fellow techies,
>
>Patient:		Yamaha GH1, 14 yrs old.
>
>Condition:	Treble bridge delaminating from soundboard and soundboard
>delaminating from rib #2 & 3 (approx. C5 - G6).  Downbearing barely
>detectable at all points along bridges.
>
>Symptoms:		None really!  Tone is relatively even throughout the scale,
>with good sustain.  No dead spots, buzzes or rattles.
>
>I presented the client with the following options:
>
>1.	Do nothing.  She enjoys the piano and apart from the obvious untoward
>appearance, the piano sounds pretty much the way a GH1 normally sounds.
>
>2.	Reduce tension across the scale and remove top 3 octaves of strings,
>use various wedging, clamping, screwing, gluing and or sorcery
>techniques to reunite the delaminated portions of
>bridge/soundboard/ribs.  The worry here is that this may result in a net
>reduction in the already barely detectable downbearing.
>
>3.	Put newfound soundboard replacement savvy (re: Brandon
>University/Bolduc soundboard seminar) into practice and slide a new
>board into place.
>
>Anyone ever see this condition on a Yamaha piano before?  Anything to
>add to the above options?
>
>Best regards to all!
>
>Stan Kroeker
>Registered Piano Technician
>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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