[Roger Jolly]

Hi David,
             I feel sure this should qualify as a warranty claim, call Kent
Webb at Baldwin as I'm sure YC will just refer you back to Baldwin/Wurlitzer.
Regards Roger



At 05:30 PM 12/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>David Porter writes:
>>I was called to work on a Wurlitzer grand by Samick G-411 the other day
and I
>>immediately recognized the piano as one I had worked on 3 years before.  The
>>customer has had various tuners work on it over the years.  Three years ago
>>all 88 of the hammers were blocking against the strings.  I set the let
off on
>>all 88 just to get it tunable and so the tolerances weren't that close.
When
>>I came back to the piano a couple days ago all 88 hammers were blocking
again
>>against the strings.  All the action parts seemed tight including the let
off
>>rails.  The glide bolts seemed tight so I don't think they raised up.
The let
>>off pads didn't seem excessively fluffy so I don't think they settled that
>>much.   The action barely fits under the pinblock.  The hammers get pressed
>>tightly against the repetitions when you slide the action in.  Does anyone
>>have any ideas as to what might be causing this condition?  Thanks.
>
>I believe the WurliTzer in question (G411) is a Young Chang.  The Samick
Wurlitzers 
>have only been out a couple of years.  Young Chang had a problem with a
certain range 
>of pianos in which the die-cast action brackets expanded and warped.  This
caused 
>hammers to block, action spread to change, and usually resulted in a
generally 
>unplayable piano having the symptoms you describe.  Give the serial # to
Phil Glenn at 
>Young Chang and see if this could be one of them.
>
>
>David V. Anderson, RPT
>Rochester, MI
> 
Roger Jolly
Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre
Saskatoon and Regina
Saskatchewan, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505