Desparate customer

[Dean May]

I think Terry's nailed it.

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 

Terre Haute IN  47802

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:31 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Desparate customer

AND be aware that this YC with the serial number that starts with zero is 
right in the thick of the years where growing action brackets were common.

It seems a bit of a stretch to imagine how growing brackets would cause 
strings to break or tuning instability, but I know they cause all sorts of 
problems. Hmmmm, let's see - brackets grow, grow, grow into pinblock, push 
pinblock up, bending plate, moving front string bearing points upwards, 
stretching strings - causing tuning instability and breaks?

Well, that sounds kinda far out to me also. But IMHO, this service call 
sounds like fun to me. I would leave your fine regulating and tuning tools 
at home and be sure to bring a camera, car jacks, an air hammer, big 
crow-bar, sledge hammer, large cold chisel, a saws-all, and maybe a good 
metal-cutting torch - maybe even a portable engine lift.

I'm really not kidding about some of this. First thing I'd do is see if 
hammers are blocking against strings. If they are, you've got growing 
brackets. If the brackets have pushed the action top way into the pinblock, 
that may be the entire ball of wax.

Or maybe its something else.

But if it is the bracket thing, you may have to either break brackets or 
remove keybed to get action out of action cavity.

Oh, and don't forget safety glasses.

Pictures, pictures, please. I'd be salivating if this were my appointment. 
Oh, what fun!

Please report back!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
>> I received a call from a woman that is about fifty miles out of my area 
>> but sounds desparate. She has a Young Chang G150 ser#097103 that she 
>> loves but has caused her problems that none of her area techs have been 
>> able to take care of or explain. First of all it will not stay in tune. 
>> She has it tuned every couple of months and even that is not nearly often

>> enough. It also throws strings. Bass and treble. At least a half dozen so

>> far.
>>  I am going to go look at it in a week. Outside of the usual stuff, what 
>> I want to know if there is any experience anyone has had with these Young

>> Changs. I see lots of them but maybe there were a few with unusual 
>> problems like a bad scale (high tension?). Just looking for a heads up, I

>> guess. Something out of the ordinary.
>>  Thanks
>>  Dave Bunch
>
>
> Bass AND treble?
>
> Is she over seven feet tall? Who does she play for, and is it Gospel? Is 
> the front of the tempo pedal worn off?
>
> Preliminary diagnostics.
> Ron N
>