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<DIV>In a message dated 3/10/2007, donmannino@ca.rr.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Yes, as I recall there are two zinc string rests in some pianos. One under the capo, and one as the counter bearing. They are unpainted metal, but are not as shiny as the usual chrome rear aliquot bars.<BR><BR>DM<BR><BR>At 10:04 AM 3/10/2007, you wrote:<BR></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>>></FONT>Some YC grands from around 1993-4 had a stepped zinc insert that was <BR>extremely sticky. These were only in production for less than a year <BR>because they were horrible to tune even when brand new.<<</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">What do you do if you find one of these? Also, can these, or any other insert used by YC, contribute to string breakage? I am about to restring a model 213, serial G099xxx, which <STRONG>eats</STRONG> treble wire. I don't find it hard to tune, so it might be later than the zinc. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">The tensions are very reasonable. I have told the client that it is the rock-hard, unvoiced Renner hammers (which we will also be replacing) powered by her heavy hands that are the culprit, but I don't want to leave any stone unturned. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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