[pianotech] YC brackets

[Leslie Bartlett]

Thanks kindly for helpful information.  Senility and ending up being mostly
a tuner leave me very skittish about doing things which seldom come to me.
No shop- I do all work in homes. I've been very glad I did it that way.
Customers have been amazed at the involvement in something so "simple" as a
regulation, and they have been universally incredibly glad to pay me..   But
I do get a bit worried- no more than that. I got into the business too
late....

Les b

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Dean May
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:33 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] YC brackets

 

Contact person at Young Chang: John Chang, and can be reached at
866-798-6979, ext. 144 Jchang at ycapiano.com

 

All action brackets are dimensionally the same except for the foot length of
the middle brackets. The outside brackets are all the same. So measure your
middle brackets and count how many you need (some are 2, some are 3). 

 

End bracket: a little over 8 inches (205 mm)

Long middle bracket: 6 5/8 inches (170 mm)

Short middle bracket: 5 3/4 inches (140 mm)

 

Count on doing a completely complete regulation.

 

Young Chang North America

19060 S Dominguez Hills Dr

Rancho Dominguez CA 90220

866-798-6979

 

 

 

Dean

Dean W May                (812) 235-5272

PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY

Terre Haute IN 47802

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of pmc033 at earthlink.net
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:06 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] YC brackets

 

Hi, Les:

    I've done a bunch of these.  Be careful getting the action out, since
the hammers may be up too high to clear the pinblock.  If  the drop screws
bury into the pinblock, you may have to break/cut the brackets.  Usually the
glide bolts are set to raise the frame quite a bit, so you may be able to
raise the bolts if necessary to release the action.  The replacement
procedure is pretty easy, but you'll have to set the spread using calipers
or whatever.  The newer model YC's spread is 113.5mm, but I can't recall
which serial #'s those are.  You can call the service dept. and ask for
their advice.  Check your resource guide for their number, as I don't have
it handy.  You should be able to get the brackets for free, and they will
offer some compensation, but it's not much.  You'll have to charge the
customer for re-regulating the piano, especially if you had to move the
glide bolts to get the action out.   You'll need some longer screws to mount
the stack, since the new bracket feet will be taller than the old ones.
Just plug and redrill.  Often, a previous technician has adjusted the letoff
buttons to compensate for blocking hammers.  Most likely you'll be screwing
all the letoff dowels back up quite a ways to get the action to work again.
It's not hard.  If you can regulate an action, it's a piece of cake.  

    Good luck and have fun.

    Paul McCloud

    San Diego

 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Leslie <mailto:l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>  Bartlett 

To: pianotech at ptg.org

Sent: 04/22/2010 6:09:50 AM 

Subject: [pianotech] YC brackets

 

I would appreciate hearing from someone with a good bit of experience with
YC bracket replacement.  I did ONE several years ago, with only modest
success.  Its been a very long time since I have seen this piano, and am
not even sure the action will come out.  Im in need of sage advice.

Thanks,

Les Bartlett

 

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