---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Good points, one and all, Terry. The problem now is the lag time between bracket ordering and bracket arrival on your doorstep. That's the part I don't like. The work is great experience. Phil, I know the previous technician. He serviced the piano since it was new. Finding out the info I need to know about this piano shouldn't be difficult, as he keeps good records. I've learned from Pam at YC that the brackets are coming in basically one size. The ones I tried out the other day are what's available, and the likelhood is that they will need shims to fit properly to the keyframe. Thanks guys, Dave In a message dated 2/24/2006 5:35:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: Dave - You've got to learn to do a full 360 attitude-adjustment on this subject! ;-) YCs are nothing to worry about, they are something to celebrate! When I get a call from a new customer to tune their YC grand the anticipation starts. When I find out that the serial number begins with a zero, I start panting softly. When I find hammers blocking I start salivating. And when the customer tells me that the last tech found the same problem previously and kept having to "adjust something in there" I, I, - no, get your mind out of the gutter - my eyes start rolling over and spinning like a slot machine with dollar signs! End result: replace brackets - they pay you and they seek reimbursement from YC - and do a full regulation - plus tuning, etc. - usually ends up well over a grand for a bunch of very fun work! No doubt about it, YC expanding brackets are an opportunity! I find that if you explain the situation thoroughly to the customer, and what the other tech was doing, and that most new pianos will need a regulation after a few years of break-in anyway, they are usually very appreciative that you have finally gotten to the bottom of the cause of the troubles they have been having with that darn piano for so many years. Terry Farrell Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 _http://dstahlpiano.net/_ (http://www.dstahlpiano.net/) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/48/74/36/ab/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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