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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Avery,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>                Perhaps you&#8217;re right. I thought I remember
reading it about Yammy&#8217;s too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Greg Newell<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>Greg's Piano Forté<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>www.gregspianoforte.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>216-226-3791 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Avery Todd<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Yamaha Jack issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I've never heard of that on
Yamaha's. I &quot;think&quot; it was Samick that had that problem. <o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Avery Todd<o:p></o:p></p>

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12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>Houston, TX <o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:34 PM,
Greg Newell &lt;<a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">gnewell@ameritech.net</a>&gt;
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Steve,</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Are you sure this isn't a center pin plating issue? I recall reading somewhere
that the plating comes loose and binds in the action center. The more you play
it the worse it gets until you stop for a while.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Greg
Newell</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Greg's
Piano Forté</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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href="http://www.gregspianoforte.com/" target="_blank">www.gregspianoforte.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>216-226-3791
(office)</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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(mobile)</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p style='margin-left:1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org"
target="_blank">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a
href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Blasyak<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Yamaha Jack issue</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p style='margin-left:1.0in'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Terry,<br>
&nbsp;<br>
I had the same problem with an M 500 a couple of weeks ago.&nbsp;I have had
similar problems/ issues with consoles or uprights in the past usually in the
high treble were the hammers are lighter. I always considered this a key
weighting issue.&nbsp;This particular instance was at B 1. Checked all
friction, whippen, jack and hammer. All good, in fact if anything they were
pinned too loose. Tried more lost motion, lubricated jack, teflon on butt
leather. Increased key dip. Increased jack spring tension. Nothing worked. Well
in the end, with the damper pedal depressed and rapidly playing the note it
would fail after about twenty repetitions. Under normal playing, if&nbsp;the
jack&nbsp;failed to return under the hammer butt, as soon as you release the
damper pedal the jack would slip back under the hammer butt. So I told the
client &quot;that's as good as it gets&quot;, and called it a day. Driving
away, I tried to rationalize that it was an unexplained phenomenon. I could not
escape the feeling of failure to solve the problem.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
One thing that was mentioned by someone I can't remember who. What would the
key bed have to do with this phenomenon? &nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;<br>
Steve Blasyak<br>
Orange County Ca.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
Pura Vida</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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