<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dianne,<br> <br> </font>I have a particular fondness for these pianos...it's on one of these that I learned to ream and repin quickly and efficiently.  Yes, they were covered with the same crud.  I think it's graphite.  <br> <br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Most of the hammer, wippen, rep lever, and jack centers were tight.  Some of the underlever flanges acted up later, too. <br> <br> I never did figure out the warranty policy for this issue.  I was paid by the owner, and he was never reimbursed by Samick to the best of my knowledge.  <br> <br> Good Luck!<br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div id="sig8842" style="clear: both;"><font>Dave Stahl, RPT<br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br> dstahlpiano.net</font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 5:59 pm<br> Subject: Re: SAMICK - no pay? or slow pay?<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_3_9ec06b09-5631-4792-b78a-53ddf3a81f6a"> <div><font face="Arial">Hi Dianne,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">I had a Samick that had tight action centers and found that some sort of black crud was forming on the pins. I gave them several options - repinning, repinning & rebushing, or all new action parts. They went with repinning. Unfortunately the company that had the piano was sold and I haven't seen the piano since.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial"></font><img alt="" src="cid:001201c9242a$21c14370$0601a8c0@DESKTOP" align="baseline" border="0" hspace="0"></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">But you might want to yank a couple of the pins from the worst centers to see if anything like this is affecting your piano....</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">Just a thought.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">Terry Farrell</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">----- Original Message ----- </font><font face="Arial"> <br> > I have been trying to reach technical support at Samick for two weeks now--a Kohler and Campbell (SG 155) has action centers throughout seizing up--in a very prestigeous location.<br> > <br> > Diane Hofstetter</font></div> </div>  <div id='u8CAF26D0421048C-1508-2A2C' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Find phone numbers fast with the <A title="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target="_blank">New AOL Yellow Pages</A>!</FONT> </div>