Yamaha had a run of pianos that had pinblocks contaminated with hydraulic fluid from the factory. If this is one of those pianos, Yamaha may replace the piano at no cost. Worth checking into... Ryan On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Michael Magness <ifixpiano at gmail.com>wrote: > I was called to tune this Yamaha GA1 today the lower half of the bass > section tuning pins were very loose, the upper half a little better, lower > tenor barely holding, as I moved up the scale from there it got noticebly > tighter. It appeared to have been CA'd but not too well or whoever did it > started at the treble & ran out by the time he/she got to the bass. > The customer bought it used from a piano "restorer" in Rockford, ILL The > piano hadn't been tuned in about a year & moved about 170 miles to it's > present location. The customer has a dedicated humidity system that keeps > the home humidified to at LEAST 35% today it was 43%, but the piano was > roughly 30 to 55c flat bass being the flattest & a few in the very high > treble being less than 5c flat. > The customer raised the question, when I told/showed him the loose tuning > pins, if the "restorer" had ever tuned the piano to pitch, I replied it was > a good question to which I had no answer. > Advice? > Comments? > Anyone ever heard of this in a Yamaha or in this model Yamaha? > Any help appreciated, will call Yamaha after the holidays, > > Mike > > -- > > I think we are a product of all our experiences. > Sanford I. Weill<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html> > > > Michael Magness > Magness Piano Service > 608-786-4404 > www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> > email mike at ifixpianos.com > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111222/fb173633/attachment.htm>
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