Young Chang G-157 wierd damper problem

[John Ross]

Hi Michael,
I hope you checked the tightness of the rest?
I have heard of someone, adapting some type of pliers to fit between the 
different damper levers, all he had to do was squeeze, and they were tight 
again.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:03 PM
Subject: Re:Young Chang G-157 wierd damper problem


> Hello List
> I had a weird problem following a tuning session after a 28 month gap on
> this 1996 G-157. The client called me back to say: "There's a note hanging
> on. Before you tuned it that same note had sticking problems". (Though he
> hadn't said anything when I went to tune it.) Sure enough when I looked 
> one
> of the damper heads was sticking up. "Ah-ha!" I said "We'll have to have 
> the
> action out!" Out slid the action. My first mental comment was "how rough
> this keybed is!" "Well, I know it isn't a Yamaha" he said - can this chap
> read my mind? There, before our very eyes, was the problem. A damper lever
> weight had come out and was sitting benignly on the tail end of one of the
> keys. I got a round tooth-pick from the kit and PVe'd the hole, smeared 
> some
> on the weight and, using my trusty duck-bill pliers, crimped it back in
> place. Within 15 minutes everything was OK. "How much do I owe you?" he
> asked. "No charge" I replied - and, as usual... "Let me know if you have 
> any
> problems!" I said as I left. :-)
> Regards
> Michael G.(UK)
>
>
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