Clyde Hollinger wrote: > Friends, > > > Is this normal for Samick? I'm sure this configuration provides > excellent checking, but a piano with light use shouldn't need > replacement backchecks after only seven years. Most backchecks are > still decent even after decades. > Yep... and they are not alone. Used to be one of my "must do's" in a general Samick grand prep was to grind that nonsense right off. There is absolutely no good reason I can think of for such deep checkering. Just guarantees that the back check leather disintergrates in the course of a couple three -- four years. > > So what do I need to do here? Can backchecks be re-leathered or do they > need to be replaced? Should something be done to the hammer tails so > they work and yet cause less wear? Is this a warranty issue? I am open > to all education on this topic and situation. > You probably will get nowhere with the warranty, but file the tails clean and smooth whilst putting a nice shape on them, and re-leather the back checks. > > > Regards, > Clyde Hollinger, RPT > Lititz, PA, USA Cheers Clyde RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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