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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Unfortunately for my customer, Young Chang has denied
warranty replacement because the piano is over 10 years old. The did
supply me with brackets although they charged me shipping on them. Their
policy has certainly changed recently compared to the way it used to be when
they covered everything. I guess that's progress.....?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pmc033@earthlink.net href="mailto:pmc033@earthlink.net">Paul
McCloud</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 28, 2007 11:09 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: YC bracket
installation</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi, Jim:</DIV>
<DIV> There are shims in the outer bracket support
"feet" that are removable so you can move the stack forward or back a little
bit. My experience is that the old holes are usually in the right
place. </DIV>
<DIV> I figure that the stack is where it needs to
be when the hammers check properly. You want to make sure that the
height of the stack is correct. Chisel off the splinters from around the
screw holes so that the brackets sit squarely on the bracket supports
(feet?). Be sure to check the bedding of the keyframe (if you start the
bedding from scratch, you may be doing a LOT of key levelling, dip, all 9
yards of regulation.) You will likely find that the inner brackets sit a
little higher off the keyframe, so shim as necessary. After you
screw the stack down, check to see that the hammer rail is still
straight. Without shimming, you may see it bow in the middle. If
your stack height is correct, and the fore/aft adjustment is correct, the
regulation should come back into line (except if someone did a lot of
letoff adjustments).</DIV>
<DIV> If you plan to bill Young Chang, know that
they are offering only $150. for the job. </DIV>
<DIV> YMMV. Good luck.</DIV>
<DIV> Paul McCloud</DIV>
<DIV> San Diego</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net">Jim
Johnson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 05/28/2007 10:06:28 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> YC bracket installation</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">I will be installing a set of Young Chang
grand action brackets and wanted to see if any of you have any better
ideas than I have about how to insure proper positioning of the brackets
to insure a correct hammer line and capstan
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