<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5296.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I had a problem with sticking dampers on a small YC grand. It ended up being a weight coming out of the underlever, and binding on the note alongside.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Off course it could just be a tight bushing where the wire goes through. (Where is Merle Mason's book when I need it)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <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"><B>From:</B> <A title=lanco@videotron.ca href="mailto:lanco@videotron.ca">Marc Lanthier</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Sticking Damper in Young Chang GS-150</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>The damper in the G5 region of a Young Chang model GS-150 small grand piano gets stuck open if you hit the key pretty hard (it must be pushed back down by hand). A medium hit on the key seems to jam the hammer for 1 second but it returns to the down position. Even if I hit the key lightly I observed some binging of the damper before it returned to the down position.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>What could be the problem, does the action have to be taken out of the piano for repair?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375221020-16052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marc</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>