This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi List, The other day I saw a Yamaha C108 model, built 1986/87 with the hammer = felts sprung from the hammer woods. Not new to me but of interest (I = hope) to many of you. Sure, humidity has been high in Darwin over the last few months, 95% in = the morning 80% in the afternoon with nice breezes blowing past the = piano to keep it cool. It appears that this same thing happened to this same piano about 5 = years ago and a tuner who comes up to Darwin on holidays spent quite a = bit of time clamping, glueing and tying cotton around the felts to keep = them in place. It works, have done it myself a few times but, never on a = piano that is still in its warranty period. Yamaha Australia made a mistake about 15 years ago and imported a lot of = these (not grey pianos) non tropical pianos into Australia to compete in = price with the Korean pianos that was costing them market share. These = C 108's do not have staples or "T" rivets through the hammer felts and = non waterproof glues are used through out. Not to mention all the other = differences in seasoning timber etc. Though to me, the only physical = differences I have noticed are the hammers lifting and the bridges = coming apart at the angle joints. The piano is in a nursing home run by the Salvation Army. I sent a fax = down to Yamaha Australia and have just received a reply saying that they = are going to send me a set of hammers at no charge to replace the = hammers on this piano. We know they should not have sold those pianos in Australia and down = south they have no problems with them but they are still doing the right = thing. Thanks Yamaha. Tony Caught ICPTG Australia caute@optusnet.com.au ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7c/a3/30/04/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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