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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Was a ten-year-old Weber grand made by =
Young
Chang?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When was the YC growing action bracket =
widely
known? Was it general knowledge within PTG circles as far back as
1997?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Got a call from a lady who has a =
10-15-yo Weber
grand. She will be having a party in 2-1/2 weeks and will be hiring a
professional pianist to play. The piano has not been touched in many =
years. We
made an appointment for two days before the party - although she =
expressed
concern about being sure the piano was playable - what if it needs =
repairs - I
told her not too many 10-yo pianos will need major repairs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>About five seconds after hanging up, I =
remembered
this was likely a YC and potentially from the growing action bracket =
years. I
called her back and asked her to play all the notes for me. Sounded like =
at
least a few of them were blocking (or at least something very bad). She =
told me
another tech had "completely redone" the action 8 years ago (such =
major
repairs that he had to "send it out"), but the tech had =
since passed away.
I just happened to have the records for that tech, and sure enough back =
in '97
he has notes about an "action repair" and "action regulation" for this =
piano -
but no details regarding exactly what the repairs were.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So being that we might be looking at a =
bracket
replacement job, we moved the appointment up to this Thursday to =
hopefully allow
for needed repairs. If anyone can provide me a heads-up on my couple =
questions,
I sure would appreciate it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW, the only reason I am reasonably =
well informed
about the YC action bracket situation is this Pianotech List. Thanks
all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry =
Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>