<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>         Doing a dealer tuning on a brand new Yamaha M-500 console, I found that the practice rail pedal (center pedal) moves the practice rail into position okay... however the pedal wont move to the left into the lock-on postion (slot). Upon closer examination and after playing with the adjusting tie rod the slot doesnt provide enough clearance for the pedal!  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>         The only solution I see is to remove the felt that lines the cut-out and replace it with thinner felt...it seems too thick. It measures 1/8" or better....or.. Am I overlooking some other simpler solution, as I hate to pull and sever new felt,,,I'd be redesigning the situation. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone ever seen this in a brand new Yamaha?? What gives? ....or in this case... doesnt give?...In my whopping 42 months in business, I have never seen a Yamaha with "careless" work.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia Gottshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Reading, PA</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>       </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>