<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 9" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C419AE.569696D0" rel=File-List> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Comic Sans MS; } @font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; = mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } P.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } SPAN.EmailStyle15 { COLOR: navy; mso-style-type: personal-reply; mso-ansi-font-size: = 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; = mso-bidi-font-family: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>It also eases the neighboring key <O((</DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss <A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A> <A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black">From: <A title=DeanMay@PianoRebuilders.com href="mailto:DeanMay@PianoRebuilders.com">Dean May</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 = 5:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: RE: Yamaha Colsole, = Sharps checking on trill with sustainpedaldepressed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Normally the spring of the damper lever aids the key in returning to rest = position. If everything is working as it should, you shouldn’t need this extra = help. If the sustain pedal is on, this “help” from the damper spring is = effectively disabled. That means that any extra friction anywhere in the mechanism = is going to show up as a sluggish key. It most likely is the front rail = bushing, but could be the balance rail, one of the action centers or hammer = spring out of place. <o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p> And yes, jamming a screwdriver between keys while holding them down (this = makes the bushing fully engage the pin where the binding occurs) and = twisting back and forth is a quick and dirty method of easing front rail bushing. = Just don’t tell anyone. ;-)<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p> Dean<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   = 812.235.5272<o:p></o:p> Terre Haute IN  47802<o:p></o:p> <= SPAN class=EmailStyle15><![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p> -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Gholley237@cs.com Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 = 6:10 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Yamaha Colsole, Sharps checking on trill with sustain pedaldepressed. <![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p> Hello List.  Yamaha P22, Console, 270499, owner bought new from local Mishawaka, IN., dealer three years ago. Dealer sent a "tooner" to = tune 1st time, and owner call her back for 2nd and 3rd tuning. On 3rd visit, = the owner asked the "tooner" why the sharps would "stick or not return = when a fast trill was played, with the sustain pedal depressed".  "Tooner" = told the owner that Yamaha Consoles had this problem and said that it was = probably the front pin bushing being too tight.  (The problem does not present = itself when a trill is played and the sustain pedal is NOT = depressed). Anyway, the "tooner" took a thin steel blade, probabaly a machinist rule, and = jambed it down between the keys in the area of the front pins and moved it = back and forth saying that she was trying to free up the space in the area of = the pin bushings. I wonder if this "tooner" even knows where the pin = bushings are located, surely not on the side of the key stick. The "tooner" = did not remove the key slip to look under the keys to see if anything looked amiss.  "Tooner" could not resolve the problem and left.  = Will not return calls made to her.  Owner has called the dealer several = times and the dealer will not return the calls to address the warranty problem. The owner got my name from another satisfied customer = of mine and called me. I looked at the piano this afternoon to play it my = self and experience the problem first hand. Offending sharps are G#4, = A#4, G#5, C#6, G#7. Does anyone have some knowledge to shed on this = problem and what to look for and in what sequence.  What initially should I = be looking for? Many regards to all. Gordon = Holley Associate Member Goshen, IN Indiana Chap 467.<o:p></o:p></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= >