Hi Debra, You have good advice from David and Ron.N. Make sure you tighten all the perimeter bolts of the plate. I don't think this model has the floating plate mounting system, and has a very flimsy rim construction. I have see several with this problem. On two occasions I have doweled the rim braces to the case using West Systems epoxy. and it has fixed the problem. There has been a number of inner to outer rim separations that I have had personal knowledge of. So check the inner to outer rim integrity. As others have said, this piano is a Bear for tuning across the tenor break. I use my RCT and don't bother checking the intervals too carefully, but I do check it twice. It is what it is!!!!!! Regards Roger At 11:03 PM 11/15/2008, you wrote: >1. Yes > >2. Dress the capo, 1 hour; replace the agraffes, 1 hour; Restring, 10 >hours; but what about teardown with all the measurements, measure bass >strings and order; replace plate bushings, replace agraffes, are you going >to pull the plate?, clean the plate?, refinish the plate?, refinish the >soundboard?, mess with the bearing? You'll be removing the dampers are you >going to rebuild the damper system?, replace the damper felt?, rebush the >guide rail? How long does it take to stabilize the tuning before you send >it back out? What about the action? You'll at least have to file the >hammers so you can fit them to the strings and voice the piano properly. >Are you going to do this on site or move the piano to your shop. And don't >forget everything else that I can't think of in this format that makes the >job complete. > >3. Probably not. You have to make sure the shape is correct. > >4. Enough to make sure you can do a job that you are satisfied with. > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Don >Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:26 PM >To: PTG >Subject: [pianotech] hours and costs to restring a Yamaha G2 > >Hi, > >A local client has asked me for a quote on restringing a rather ancient >Yamaha G2. The pin block is ok--but oversize pins will be needed. It is >starting to break strings at the capo bar in the mid treble. I have four >questions. > >1. Might this piano benefit from rescaling? (Bridges are good and would not >be moved)? > >2. How many hours are required to dress the capo bar, repin and restring? > >3. Will "shoe shining" the pressure bar be good enough? > >4. How much would you charge for such a job? > >Thanks in advance. > > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat >mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner > > >
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