Yamaha damper tray flange screws

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Rob,
              Loosen the up stop rail screws, raise the rail fully up. You 
can then get at the screws.  Hold the damper tray up high with a thick felt 
mute on top of the dags.  Tighten, then reset the rail.
Works for me.
Regards Roger



At 10:03 PM 8/29/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>I know... I love this one...  And those undedimensioned lift flanges. 
>Center pins keep working their way out, or the flanges themselves get 
>broken.. then you gotta take the whole set of dampers off just to get at 
>the tray. Not their brightest moment.
>
>RicB
>
>"Rob G." wrote:
>>Hello, Is there a trick of some kind to tighten Yamaha damper tray flange 
>>screws without taking all of the dampers out?  For whatever reason some 
>>stoned engineer put the flange screw behind the flange itself.  I had an 
>>older C-7 in a recording studio this morning that I had to prepare for a 
>>12:00 session with "Air Supply", (those who grew up in the 70's will 
>>certainly remember them).  There was a rattle in the tray and after a 
>>while of fiddling I came to the conclusion that the center damper tray 
>>flange screw was loose.  After 30 minutes with the aid of a long and 
>>narrow screwdriver standing on my head with a 60 watt light bulb in my 
>>face I was finally able to partly force it in from the side and tighten 
>>but the whole experience was ridiculous.  My assessment was correct 
>>however and the rattle did stop.  Am I missing something here or is there 
>>actually a practical way to do this? Rob Goodale, RPTLas Vegas, NV
>
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