DC install problem

[Will Wickham]

I live in an area where a dealer has installed systems with the fill  
tube in the top for years. I've found it to be a problem in two ways  
that have already been mentioned: customers don't like to take the  
extra step of opening the top to fill the system and even worse is  
the rust on the pins and strings when they put the tube on "those  
cute little pegs that fit perfectly". I vote for the hole in the  
panel or chisel a channel in the underside of the keybed. I've done  
both and they both work great!
will

On May 8, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Wayne Walker wrote:

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>
> I've installed numerous systems in Yamaha product and have always  
> drill a
> hole close to the top edge of the panel and finished with a fine  
> tooth saw
> cut to open the hole to the top. Never had a customer complain about
> altering their piano. The area is out of sight. I would be more  
> concern
> about the customer watering the inside of the piano with the tube  
> coming up
> the side to the top.
>
> Wayne
> Wayne Walker
> Piano Tuner / Technician
> Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service
> 264 Herring Cove Road
> Halifax, NS, Canada
> B3P 1M1
> 902-221-1540
> 902-496-0041 Fax
> www.musicstop.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ross [mailto:jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 6:29 AM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: DC install problem
>
>
> Take it up the side to the top, then just lift the lid.
> I have cut a half round before.
> One thing, always discuss it with the customer, before altering  
> their piano.
> John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Hull" <hullfam5 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 1:48 AM
> Subject: DC install problem
>
>
>> I'm installing a complete DC system on a Yamaha U1.
>>
>> The bottom panel doesn't have a gap between the top of
>> it and the keybed.  So, how is the water tank fill
>> tube going to stick out?  I'm thinking about using a
>> dremel to make a "half hole" in the  top edge of the
>> bottom panel that will be big enough for the tube.
>> Any better ideas?
>>
>> Bob Hull
>>
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