"....5 to 6 hours ($350) of work...file hammers, level keys, regulate, clean, tune, lubricate, repin..." Ahhhhhhhhh, the invasion of the bionic piano technician - again!!!!! ;-) Terry Farrell On Feb 27, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Garret Traylor wrote: > Hi Barbara, > I assume the piano is now at the church and not in your shop so it > looks like you have about 5 to 6 hours ($350) of work to spiff up > the piano (file hammers, level keys, regulate, clean, tune, > lubricate, repin etc). From the pictures either the piano > previously had the hammers filed flat (I hope not) or the shift > pedal was used a lot. Since it had this much use I doubt you have a > lot of sluggish centers. Identify sluggish hammers with swing tests > and re-pin as necessary (once you get setup it is not so bad). Do > what you can for the money they are willing to pay. I don’t think > the epoxy would help (do you have buzzing), probably not worth the > trouble until you begin to rebuild in the shop. > Kindest Regards, > Garret > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf Of Barbara Richmond > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:14 PM > To: pianotech > Subject: [pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1 > > Greetings list: > > These pictures are from a Yamaha G-1, made in 1965 which was > recently donated to a church to be used in the choir room. They > will have the option to spiff-up or rebuild the action, since the > organist isn't sure they can come up with enough money for a new set > of hammers/shanks. In the meantime, have any of you repinned > greenish Yamaha action centers and did they stay free--or is it only > the S&S green centers that seize up again? I wince at repinning a > set of hammer flanges with end-of-life hammers on them, but > something needs to be done if they aren't going to be replaced. > > There are a couple splits in the high treble bridge. I was thinking > of using epoxy--is there a best way of damming the sides of the cap > (type of tape?) so the glue doesn't just run out? > > Thanks much. > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100227/d46e4785/attachment.htm>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC