Yamaha Service Bond

[Vanderhoofven]

Dear Friends,

I have been doing the Yamaha Service Bond for a few new Yamaha pianos
recently.  When I talked to the dealer technical service manager and turned
in my bill, she said that the Service Bond usually takes about 45 minutes
to an hour.  I have been spending two hours for an upright piano, and three
hours for a grand piano.

Here is what I have been doing:
tighten every single hinge, case, plate, pinblock and bench bolt
remove action, tighten all the action and damper flange screws
Adjust pedals
Align hammers and other action parts
Check and adjust keylevel and dip, hammer blow distance, let off, drop,
checking and dampers as needed.

If there is a pitch raise and tuning, I add an extra hour to hour and a half.

How much time should it realistically take to do a Yamaha Service Bond on a
new piano?  Is 2 to 3 hours of work in addition to tuning more than I
should be doing?  

Maybe someone who does a lot of these can respond.

Thanks!



David A. Vanderhoofven, RPT
Joplin, Missouri
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