<br><br> <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> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <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> </div>