This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I've dealt with Phil Glenn at YC on these. phil_glenn@yca.tzo.com He = had been very helpful If the piano is mid 80s to early 90s and the hammers are blocking - = almost guaranteed that you have expanding brackets. If they have = expanded alot, yes you can easily measure the expansion - either measure = the brackets themselves and compare, or you can measure the action = spread. However, I have done bracket jobs where the action spread was = apparently unaffected, but still when I replaced the brackets, all = troubles were solved and the action regulated real nice. YC will provide the new brackets and reimburse up to $250 to $300 - = enough to replace the brackets, but not for a full action regulation. I = just got paid today, as a matter of fact, for the last action bracket = job I did - $1,170. They understood that it was time for a full = regulation, damper regulation, hammer filing, some repinning - basically = to go through all that stuff down thar in the action cavity and make it = work as good as it could. But beware - don't sell an action bracket job for $300 and think that = the piano will play well without a good regulation! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Piannaman@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 11:13 AM Subject: Expanding YC action bracket symptoms?? Hi List,=20 I know this topic has been dicsussed a fair amount at various times in = this forum. Yesterday, I went to tune a Weber WG50(about a 5' 7" grand = I believe) which was manufactured by Young Chang. What I found was a = piano so out of regulation as to be virtually unplayable. Hammers were = blocking against the strings, and it took more than a full turn of the = let-off dowels to get any let-off at all. =20 I didn't get very far into it, because I'd only alotted time for a = normal tuning appointment. I did take off the top action to check for = abnormal tightness in the keyframe, but it seemed to go in and out just = fine. But the amount the piano has gone out of regulation is of concern = to me. =20 Other factors: The piano was in Pennsylvania before it came to a much = drier climate in CA, and before it got to its current location, it = stayed for some time(I think the owner mentioned over a year) in = storage.=20 What measurements can I take to determine if it is indeed swollen = brackets? After checking a few sample notes, I've come to the = conclusion that the piano can be regulated, but I want to be sure it = isn't something more egregious before I spend many hours on the piano.=20 Any input would be helpful! Thanks in advance.=20 Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/64/64/8e/6f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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