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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>they make a nice begininng for the action models
you've always wanted to build yourself. I mean in your spare time of
course.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=IFixPianos@yahoo.com href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com">Michael
Magness</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</A> ; <A
title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University
Technicians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:53
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Yamaha sharps</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Dec 14, 2007 11:56 PM, David Ilvedson <<A
href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</A>> wrote:<BR>
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<P align=left>Been there...done that...like you I just couldn't bring myself
to dump them...</P>
<P align=left>I believe I gave that box of keys to Mr. Love for key
plugs?....<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA 94044<BR><BR></P>
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Original message<BR>From: "Michael Magness"
<DIV class=Ih2E3d><BR>To: "College and University Technicians"
<BR></DIV>Received: 12/14/2007 5:26:32 PM
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Yamaha sharps<BR><BR>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Dec 14, 2007 11:00 AM, Jeannie Grassi <<A
href="mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net"
target=_blank>jcgrassi@earthlink.net</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Alan,<BR>This
also happened with a Kawai grand. I ended up buffing out the
whites<BR>just fine, but Kawai opted at the time to replace the sharps.
Same Japanese <BR>key maker supplying both companies??<BR><BR>Now I
am taking care of a mid-80 C3 with unusually dirty keys and I think
it<BR>might be the same thing. Does anyone know the exact years that
this problem<BR>existed? Thanks <BR><FONT
color=#888888>jeannie<BR></FONT>
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<DIV><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" target=_blank>caut-bounces@ptg.org</A>
[mailto:<A href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org"
target=_blank>caut-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf Of Alan <BR>Crane
<BR>Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:10 PM<BR>To: College and
University Technicians<BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Yamaha sharps<BR><BR>At
08:53 AM 12/13/2007, you wrote:<BR>> Yesterday I had an
unfortunate experience cleaning keytops. Yamaha <BR>>C-2 about 20 years
old. ... a very thin clear finish on the sharps -<BR>>blistered so as
to look somewhat<BR>>white.<BR><BR>Fred,<BR><BR>This is probably way
off-the-wall but...<BR>In the mid-80s, about 20 years ago, I was working
for the local <BR>Yamaha dealer (actually on staff there).<BR>Yamaha had
just recently come out with their "Ivorite" keytops<BR>________ wonderful
feel to the plastic, supposedly a milk-based<BR>formulation (at least that
was the hype at the time). <BR>But it wasn't too long before they began
having problems with the<BR>Ivorite keytops getting dirty and being
impossible to clean.<BR>It was a real problem for them and they even had
technicians going<BR>around the country replacing entire key sets under
warranty with the <BR>same problem cropping up again and again until...
they discovered<BR>that the Ivorite wasn't getting any more dirty than
normal plastic<BR>keytops do and it was cleaning up just fine.<BR>The
stuff that wasn't coming off the keytops (that everyone had <BR>thought
was dirt) was the stain from the black keys, a new<BR>formulation which
evidently wasn't as stable as it was supposed to be<BR>and was being
transferred to the Ivorite by the pianists fingers<BR>and/or the cleaning
cloth. <BR>We were told that Yamaha immediately fixed the stain
formulation and<BR>I never doubted it since the problem went
away.<BR>However... I'm wondering if it isn't possible that, prior to
finding<BR>the "right" stain formulation, the factory didn't start
spraying on a <BR>clear-coat sealer in an effort to keep the problem stain
on the<BR>sharps where it belonged.<BR>Now, this is all just daydreaming
on my part and I have no evidence,<BR>anecdotal or otherwise, to support
it.<BR>Its almost certainly not what you're dealing with... but... OTOH,
the <BR>stain problem was very real while it lasted... and the time frame
is<BR>about right...<BR>Just a
thought.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Alan B. Crane, RPT<BR>School
of Music<BR>Wichita State University<BR><A
href="mailto:alan.crane@wichita.edu"
target=_blank>alan.crane@wichita.edu</A><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Hi Jeannie,</DIV>
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<DIV>I have a C3 from early 1977 that just missed having those type of keys,
I have replaced them on a C3 from '86, a C5 from '84 and I'm about to ship a
set for a C7 from '87 so I would say from late '77 or early '78 through the
late '80's probably '89, when they began replacing the key sets which is
what they did when the pianos were still in warranty. I still have the old
keys from the "86 C3, they were barely 3 years old and Yamaha told me to
throw them away! Except for being gray not white they were in excellent
shape and I couldn't bring myself to do it. I repacked them in the box they
shipped the new ones in and I've had them ever since! </DIV>
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<DIV>Just call Yamaha with the serial number and they will tell you. If they
are in that group they'll send a shipping box and an address to ship them
to. Figure on about 2 or 2 and a half weeks downtime for the piano. The
person that recovers them doesn't remove any wood from the keys so
there is no adjustment to be made just removal, packing, shipping and
replacement. At least that's what they claim, I'm shipping after Christmas,
I'll let you know. <grin> </DIV>
<DIV><BR clear=all>Mike<BR>-- <BR>People who say it can't be done, should
not interrupt those of us who are doing it.<BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness
Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/"
target=_blank>www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A
href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target=_blank>mike@ifixpianos.com</A>
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<DIV><BR>I was holding out for that day when I needed to rebush a set and
could use these as interim forgetting of course that I still would have no
sharps!</DIV>
<DIV>So I've decided to use them for riblets, nice spruce and in some cases I
can leave the weights in for mass loading the sound board!</DIV>
<DIV><BR clear=all>Mike<BR>-- <BR>People who say it can't be done, should not
interrupt those of us who are doing it.<BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano
Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A
href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A
href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A>
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