O.K. how about another one!?!

[Greg Newell]

Ron and list,
    I did offer ripining and the shrinking that Mark Wisner suggested but with the
disclaimer that I can't guarantee the repair as I'm not sure what caused the problem
in the first place. Thanks!
                    Greg Newell

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> ================
> >    Today I went to tune a 20 yr. old Yamaha G-3 that I just regulated
> >about 6 months ago. I encountered quite a surprise.
> ======================
> >    My questions to you good people out there are: Have any of you found
> >a common problem with the Yamaha grand that would fit this picture?
> >                        Greg Newell
> >
>
> Hi Greg,
> Yep, this is a familiar one. Yamaha grand, customer's complaints about
> sluggish action. Choosing a center that seemed a little "slow", I side
> stressed it a little and moved it up and down a bit. It seized up like it
> was CA'd together! Trying the loosest one I could find, it did the same
> thing!!! Alcohols and hair drier application, followed by ProTek
> wonderfulled everything right up. That was four or five years ago, and it's
> still OK. I've run into this a couple of times since, and the shrink/ProTek
> seems to appease it. I haven't dissected one to try to find out what causes
> it in the first place, like I could really tell anyway, because this has
> always alleviated the symptoms so I haven't worried about it. Never had a
> reoccurrence either (it ain't verdigris). If the customer insists on new
> parts, accommodate him, but you might offer this much cheaper alternative first.
>
>  Ron