Young Chang G-157 wierd damper problem

[John Ross]

I should have known, right :-)
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re:Young Chang G-157 wierd damper problem


> Twas I sir John <G>
> Joe Goss RPT
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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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