<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gene Nelson</b> <<a href="mailto:nelsong@pbic.net">nelsong@pbic.net</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Have a 1983 Schaffer and Sons 53" upright - all action centers are tight and they get worse with alcohol water treatment.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Is this the Young Chang contaminated bushing issue? I think it is made by Young Chang, not certain.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Is there a remedy other than repinning or parts replacement?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Is there any hope for help from the warranty/manufacturer?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Gene</font></div></div></blockquote></div> <div><br>I may be mistaken but I think the Schaefer & Sons from back then were a Samick product. Does it have laminated bridges? I know Samick did at that time. We had a couple of techs here in town that started carrying Samick about '86 or '87 and a tooner that had a Schaefer & Sons grand that had some problems that he felt made all Samicks no good because of his problem Schaefer grand.  </div> <div> </div> <div>I do know that everyone complained about Samicks very LOOSE bushings at the time. I recall that frequently they weren't all glued in, if you tried to repin with a larger pin to tighten them up the whole bushing would come out. So I would hazard a guess that perhaps this is an aftermarket problem, perhaps some rebushing a little too tight then some spraying to unstick them? As I say, just a guess from what I know and remember of Samick/Schafer at the time. </div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br> <br>The way some people find fault, you'd think there was some kind of reward.<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>