[CAUT] Yamaha Story & Clark Grand

Draine draine at me.com
Sat Sep 19 10:21:44 MDT 2009


I have a customer with with the same model. The screws for the cheek  
blocks are accessed from below, and if I recall correctly, it goes  
through the leg. Once you realize this, it's just as easy to work on  
as as any Yamaha G1.
Patrick
On Sep 19, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Jeff Tanner wrote:

> Hi All,
> This may be more appropriate fodder for pianotech, but I tuned a  
> 1969 Story & Clark model 158 grand made by Yamaha the other day, and  
> I wanted to pull the action to make some adjustments to the  
> sostenuto rod and damper upstop rail, but could not for the life of  
> me find the screws that hold the keyblocks down. The rubber buttons  
> did not look large enough to conceal screws beneath and, not having  
> any rubber buttons with me for replacement (much less, brown ones),  
> I didn't want to take a chance of tearing them all to pieces to find  
> out. They are, after all 40 years old. The top part of the legs come  
> almost to the front edge of the keybed, covering up the area where  
> Yamaha keyblock screws would normally be. Certainly one does not  
> have to remove the legs to pull the action? Or is there a secret  
> somewhere I couldn't locate? Anybody out there familiar with this  
> piano?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jeff Tanner
>

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