Young Chang damper tray removal

[Farrell]

Yes, I did a Kawai a while back also, and it was pretty easy. That experience was a big part of why I was wondering if I was overlooking something on the YC. The screws for the three flanges go into an aluminum rail mounted to the belly rail. The part of the flange on the tray hangs down far enough that there is no access whatsoever to those screws. The two screws that hold the other flange part to the tray are on top, but the entire tray is located below the soundboard overhang piece, so there appears to be no access to those either. The only way I can see to do it is to remove the aluminum flange rail from the belly rail and disconnect all the &*%$ing dampers.

But I have missed the obvious before.............

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vanderhoofven" <dkvander@joplin.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Young Chang damper tray removal


> Dear Terry,
> 
> I ran into a 7' Kawai grand at a church last year that had the center pins 
> falling out of the damper tray hinge flanges.  I was able to use a very 
> long blade Phillips screwdriver down through the strings to unscrew the 
> damper tray from the arms that go back to the hinge flanges.  Then I 
> repinned the three flanges, reattached the arms back to the damper lift 
> tray, and adjusted the pedals.  It took one hour, but next time it should 
> only take half an hor or 45 minutes.
> 
> Check and see is any way to unscrew the damper lift tray so you won't have 
> to regulate the whole set of dampers.
> 
> Sincerely,
> David A. Vanderhoofven
> Joplin, MO
> 
> At 10:47 AM 10/14/02, Terry Farrell wrote:
> 
> >Have a Young Chang 150 cm grand in a church, damper tray hinges on 3 
> >flanges, center pins have fallen out of flanges. It appears the only way 
> >to remove the flanges and the tray requires separating all the leaded 
> >damper blocks from the damper wires and then the whole unit will come out 
> >to be repinned. Is anyone aware of any short cut to do this repinning 
> >without taking all the dmpers out?
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> 
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