And all he needs now is a Yamaha North American serial number off his Young Chang so he can buy one..... :-( Terry Farrell On Apr 27, 2010, at 7:54 AM, Phil Ryan wrote: > I replaced a broken fallboard mechanism on a Yamaha C3 recently and > ordered the part from Yamaha. It is called a "rotary damper" and > costs $84. for one side. > > Phil Ryan > > > On 4/27/2010 5:14 AM, Terry Farrell wrote: >> >> Whereas I am not familiar with installation of the Kawai or Yamaha >> mechanism, Jurgen's unit does require some chiseling/routing out of >> the fallboard and case side. So you've gotta shape/cut a couple of >> recesses - isn't that why we are professionals? It's not rocket >> science...... >> >> Terry Farrell >> >> On Apr 27, 2010, at 12:06 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: >> >>> >>> I tuned a Yamaha C2 a couple of weeks ago that had the slow drop >>> fallboard. Maybe Yamaha might have one they'd sell? >>> >>> >>> Rob McCall >>> I think what Don was trying to say that the mechanism isn't as >>> much of the problem as is the woodworking required to install >>> them. At the factory they use a computerized machine to cut out >>> the fall board and the rim. In other words, Yamaha's mechanism >>> might have the same problem. >>> >>> Wim > > -- > I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the > streets and frighten the horses. Victor Hugo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100427/655bffed/attachment.htm>
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