Blocking hammers

Greg Newell gnewell@ameritech.net
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:35:01 -0400


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Ooooops ????? what was I thinking????? You're right of course. Sorry
Don.

"David M. Porritt" wrote:

>  Hazen: Call Young Chang about the growing action brackets.  They are
> very familiar with the problem.  Don Mannino has not been at YC for
> several years (he's at Kawai) but they all know the problem and are
> very helpful.  Model & Serial number will tell them which brackets to
> send. dave
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> On 4/24/02 at 5:01 PM Greg Newell wrote:
>
>      Hazen,
>          You overlooked the growing action brackets. You should
>      still have time to call Don Mannino with the serial number
>      and he will send out new action brackets which you will then
>      install and bill Young Chang America for your labor to do
>      so. A common problem but if you've never seen it before it's
>      a bit of a head scratcher. Have fun!!!
>
>      Greg
>
>
>
>      HazenBannister@cs.com wrote:
>
>     > Hi list,
>     > I went to a Youg Chang today,about 10 years old,for a
>     > tuning.I tuned it once about 3 or 4 years ago.I got there
>     > and every hammer was blocking,I'm not talking about
>     > buzzing,but major blocking.I did'nt have enough time to
>     > get into it as I had an appointment conflict.So I'm going
>     > back tomorrow to fix this ,pitch raise ,clean,and
>     > tune.(it's a grand with a piano-disc system).I checked to
>     > see if any rails were loose,or might have shifted,is there
>     > anything I should look for,maybe with the player system?I
>     > changed letoff on a few notes,and it quit blocking,but I
>     > sure had to twist them a mile,it has the dowel type.It
>     > also has excessive keydip.I guess I should go through one
>     > note and completely regulate,I am just checking to see if
>     > there's something obvious,maybe I've overlooked.
>     > Thanks in advance,
>     > Hazen Bannister
>
>      --
>      Greg Newell
>      mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
>
>
> _____________________________
> David M. Porritt
> dporritt@mail.smu.edu
> Meadows School of the Arts
> Southern Methodist University
> Dallas, TX 75275
> _____________________________
>
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Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net


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