<WBR>Mike<br> <br> I have tuned several Yamaha spinets. When I first got a call to tune one, which was in the choir room of a school. I questioned the choir director, too. But it wasn't a bad little instrument. The other ones were in private homes. <br> <br> As far as the bolts are concerned, Richards, I honestly can't remember if there were any. I tuned the choir room piano a couple of times about 15 years ago, and the others since then. <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Michael Magness <IFixPianos@yahoo.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 1:15 pm<br> Subject: Re: yamaha spinet<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_70e49995-43eb-4536-a5fd-15bf64335f4e><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/" target=_blank>www.IFixPianos.com</A><br> email <A href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </div> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>