thanks david, trust you are well On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:53 AM, David Skolnik <davidskolnik at optonline.net>wrote: > Noah - > Call Clint Sears at the home office (913) 432-9975 (what!? No 800 > number??) He may be able to help you. Volume 52 #8 "Replacing Young Chang > Growing Action Brackets" by Bruce Dornfield. > > Greetings - > David Skolnik > Hastings on Hudson, NY > > > At 11:11 AM 12/1/2010, you wrote: > > I've looked all over and can't find this issue. Is there any way of > accessing it? Is PTG selling those issues by cd yet? > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:38 PM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote: > The YC bracket issue was my first thought. 1989 is outside the reported > scope, but it'd be worth a call to YC with the serial number. Or maybe check > first if the spread is way beyond spec. > > I think they're still providing brackets. At our chapter meeting this week, > I talked to a local tech who's encountered a piano with the issue. I don't > recall if he said he'd talked to YC yet or not. I think he monitors this > list... maybe he'll chime in!?!? > > Excellent writeup about the problem and the fix in August 2009 Journal. > > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater, MN > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:29 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote: > Noah > > The problem on this piano is probably not the loose let off buttons,but > expanding action brackets. Weber grands were made by Young Chang. The action > brackets on YC's for many years, for some strange reason, actually expanded, > which threw off regulation. > > YC used to give you four new brackets, but I don't know if they still do > that, so give Young Chang a call, and ask if they still give them out. > You'll need a serial number of the piano. The customer will have to pay to > have new action brackets installed. > > The latest information I have for Young Chang is: > Parts manager at Young Chang > John Chang, 866-798-6979 ext. 144 > Jchang at ycapiano.com > Monica is the receptionist at ext. 0 > > But I heard that John is no longer there. > > Wim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Noah Frere <noahfrere at gmail.com> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Thu, Nov 18, 2010 4:51 pm > Subject: [pianotech] Loose Let-off Buttons > > There is a possibility that this 1989 Weber Grand's let-off buttons are > slipping, since 1) they are very loose, and 2) supposedly the hammers began > blocking more than once not long after regulations. This is the first time > I've seen the piano, so I put a pencil mark in the center of the let-off > buttons to check their possible movement when i return in 3 months. > If they do move, is there a way to tighten them up, like Loctite or > something? Otherwise they will have to be replaced. At least the buttons > themselves, if not the metal thread. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101201/a4f90fdf/attachment.htm>
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