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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Yamaha did make a spinet, and the couple I have
tuned were quite nice, for a spinet.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=IFixPianos@yahoo.com href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com">Michael
Magness</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 15, 2007 8:15
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: yamaha spinet</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/15/07, <B class=gmail_sendername><A
href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A></B> <<A
href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV>List,</DIV>
<DIV>Does anyone know if Yamaha spinets ca:1967 or so , had upper row of
plate bolts secured with acorn nuts at the back of the piano? Looked like a
separation repair, but the owner said it was purchased new. Also ,don't the
nuts go on the inside of the piano in a repair like this? </DIV>
<DIV>Any, piano was about 40cents down in pitch ,with some very out unisons,
baseboard heating up against the back.</DIV>
<DIV>My real question relates to the plate nuts which were sooo loose I
could tighten them by hand. I used a socket wrench to torque them down, but
should I be doing anything else before bringing up to pitch?</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>RU/UP</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Hi Richard,</DIV>
<DIV>I'm not sure what you're working on, to the best of my knowledge and
according to a Google search Yamaha never made a spinet! If you're referring
to the continental style console(the one w/no front legs) yes that does sound
like a seperation repair but some of the early ones were bolted differently so
I wouldn't say so for sure. </DIV>
<DIV>Were there bolt heads in the front or screws?</DIV>
<DIV>As far as anything else, you might check the bottom row of plate
screws/bolts whatever it has, in fact check all of the perimeter screws and
the nose bolts (if there are any) you may find several more loose ones.</DIV>
<DIV>Mike<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope
for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.-- Albert
Einstein<BR><BR><BR><BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano
Service<BR>608-786-4404 <BR><A
href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A
href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A>
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