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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rex,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unless you are one of the lucky few who has just
the right screwdriver to get in there, y</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>ou do
have to pull the damper action forward to tighten these screws or repair the
damper tray flanges or blocks. You do not have to remove or loosen the
damper wires.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Remove sostenuto rod from the hangers (leave
hangers in place)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Raise upstops all the way</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Remove the trap lever and pitman
dowel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Remove the screws that hold the damper rail to
the belly</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Lift the tray up to get the dampers off the
strings, and ease the damper action forward until you can get a long screwdriver
down between the strings, or a short one from underneath, and service the damper
tray blocks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Reverse the above to re-install the
action.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don Mannino</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rosemanpiano@netzero.net href="mailto:rosemanpiano@netzero.net">Rex
Roseman</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> Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha G3</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dean and Paul</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank you for your responses. The
problem that I am having is that the flange is in front of the screw and the
damper lifter tray doesn’t drop far enough to access the screw behind the
flange. If I could get to the screw, I have a couple of tools that I could try
to use to hold it to start it, but the way things are now, there is no way to
get a straight sighting on the screw. The ones on the end can be reached from
the end by going around the flange, but the one in the middle has the
sostenuto bracket and the flange in the way. The screw cannot even be seen
from the front. I only found it by reaching under and behind the tray (between
the tray and the flange rail.) There was no room to get my fingers in to put
the screw back in the hole, and no way to get it out. Right now it is resting
so it doesn’t interfere, but that most likely is not going to stay the
case.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From suggestions I have thought
of, coupled with some from off list I would have to:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dismount the Sostenuto and drop
it out of the way and/or</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Get the actions dogs and the
sostenuto spring mounting blocks unscrewed from the keybed using an offset
screwdriver and hope the tray drops far enough to access past the flange.
(Dogs and mounts are again screwed to the keybed form the top directly under
the damper tray. No direct shot for a screw driver.)</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Remove the keybed and again hope
that the damper tray drops far enough to access the screw.</SPAN></FONT>
</LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Don’t like any of these ideas to
just get one screw out of (or back into) a back action
flange.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks again for the
help.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rex Roseman</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Roseman Piano
Tuning</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>