Young Chang G-157 wierd damper problem

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Re:Young Chang G-157 wierd damper problem


> 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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