Yamaha Colsole, Sharps checking on trill with sustain pedal depressed.

[gordon stelter]

Amusing story. But I see no problem with gently
jiggling a key from side to side to ease a slighly
stuck bushing, by pressing it against the front rail
pin. I do it often.
     Thump


--- Gholley237@cs.com wrote:
> Hello List.  Yamaha P22, Console, 270499, owner
> bought new from local 
> Mishawaka, IN., dealer three years ago.
> Dealer sent a "tooner" to tune 1st time, and owner
> call her back for 2nd and 
> 3rd tuning.
> On 3rd visit, the owner asked the "tooner" why the
> sharps would "stick or not 
> return when a fast trill was played, with the
> sustain pedal depressed".  
> "Tooner" told the owner that Yamaha Consoles had
> this problem and said that it was 
> probably the front pin bushing being too tight. 
> (The problem does not 
> present itself when a trill is played and the
> sustain pedal is NOT depressed).
> 
> Anyway, the "tooner" took a thin steel blade,
> probabaly a machinist rule, and 
> jambed it down between the keys in the area of the
> front pins and moved it 
> back and forth saying that she was trying to free up
> the space in the area of 
> the pin bushings.
> I wonder if this "tooner" even knows where the pin
> bushings are located, 
> surely not on the side of the key stick.
> 
> The "tooner" did not remove the key slip to look
> under the keys to see if 
> anything looked amiss.  "Tooner" could not resolve
> the problem and left.  Will 
> not return calls made to her.  Owner has called the
> dealer several times and the 
> dealer will not return the calls to address the
> warranty problem.
> 
> The owner got my name from another satisfied
> customer of mine and called me.
> I looked at the piano this afternoon to play it my
> self and experience the 
> problem first hand.
> 
> Offending sharps are G#4, A#4, G#5, C#6, G#7.
> 
> Does anyone have some knowledge to shed on this
> problem and what to look for 
> and in what sequence.  What initially should I be
> looking for?
> 
> Many regards to all.
> 
> Gordon Holley
> Associate Member
> Goshen, IN
> Indiana Chap 467.
> 


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