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font-family:Arial'>Hi, </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tell me does a grand on its side play? Why wouldn’t
almost an inch and a half make any difference in how it plays? </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Someone could have even from the Yamaha factory treated the
guide felt with something and I’m not sure that this has anything to do
with more compression of the felt on one side. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Just a warning I’ve seen other pianos with guide rail
bushing holes reamed so much that the damper wire rattles and leans into what
felt is left. Reaming the hole more won’t fix binding because the
wire is bent wrong. It has to travel straight through the guide rail holes and
with the pull of gravity or more friction will be added.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Jessica Masse</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>RPT Piano Technicians Guild</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Proprietor, </span></font><b><font size=4 face="English111 Vivace BT"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"English111 Vivace BT";font-weight:bold'>Ebony
and Ivory Piano Company</span></font></b></p>
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