<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD><TITLE>HTML Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I find this to be a rather common problem with Yamahas and some Kawais... I usually remove the fallboard when I tune and give the customer a little piece of felt that can be sandwiched between fallboard and side of piano when it is open.  The wedge will be sure to hold fallboard open with risk of injury, unless, the board is accidentally yanked downward.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </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=irs.pianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:irs.pianos@earthlink.net">Isaac Sadigursky</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Murderous Fallboard</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,Alan!    In my second response to the Fallboard problem I will siggest to look for loose screws holding the spring,stripped screw holes will cause the spring to move away from the fallboard slot and make it fall un-controllably.Plug the stripped screwhole with shoe pegs,available from Schaff. Second possibility:bending the spring forward to in crease tension and friction.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">#3]Make sure cheeck block screws are tight.If cheeck block moves-this will affect the spring… Good Luck.. Isaac<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Alan R. Barnard<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, November 28, 2006 7:53 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Murderous Fallboard</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I have a music teacher customer with a Yamaha grand that has a poorly counter-balanced (or some problem) fallboard. It has made several credible attempts to chop hands off young students.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It appears to have never had any sort of close-retarding mechanism, let alone a Soft-Close device.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tried Googling up a solution, 'cause I know it's been on the list, but I got endless chains of stuff and no answers (and no hits when I added "site:www.ptg.org" for some reason.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Someone help me out here, please. What's a good fix?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>Alan Barnard<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Salem</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MO</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Good Advice <EM><I><FONT face="Times New Roman">"Don't Believe Everything You Think"</FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>