<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I bet its Young Chang. Call them and have them run the s/n.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoAutoSig><b><font size=5 color=navy face="Lucida Calligraphy"><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:navy;font-weight: bold'>Dean</span></font></b><b><font size=5 color=navy face="CAC Leslie"><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"CAC Leslie";color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 color=navy face=AGaramond><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'>Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 color=navy face=AGaramond><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'>PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY        </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><u4:CITY u1:st="on"><u2:place u3:st="on"><u2:City u3:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 color=navy face=AGaramond><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'>Terre Haute</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy face=AGaramond><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: AGaramond;color:navy'></u2:place></st1:place></u4:CITY> <U2:STATE u1:st="on"><u2:State u3:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</u2:State></u2:State></U2:STATE></st1:State> <U2:POSTALCODE u1:st="on"><u2:PostalCode u3:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</u2:PostalCode></u2:PostalCode></U2:POSTALCODE></st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p> </div> </ST1:PLACE> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </span></font></div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Rob McCall<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, October 14, 2012 3:13 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [pianotech] Wurlitzer with expanding brackets?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>I worked on a 1988 Wurlitzer grand yesterday, a G411, #2052294.  The family used it quite a bit about 15-18 years ago with their kids growing up.  Since then, it just sat in their living room unplayed and unmaintained for the last 15 years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Upon inspection, all 88 hammers were blocking. Blow distance was about 49mm and the hammers were resting on their felts. I pulled the action and noticed the action brackets were that YC gray, however, by the date this should've been made by Samick?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Keyframe was seated properly, all the action screws were properly tightened, I didn't measure key dip but it felt normal for my 46 years of playing... and other than a few hammer flanges getting re-pinned, everything else seemed okay. A few back checks weren't checking, too. I don't know if that's relevant but I'll put it down.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>I adjusted the letoff for now, figuring that's more easily reversible should it be a growing bracket problem. Adjusting letoff took a full 2-3 360° turns to get it to about a 2mm letoff. The letoff buttons dropped about 1/8" - 3/16" in order to reach a workable position.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Does anyone know if these expanding brackets could've found their way in to this piano? It seems like it was built before YC started building them.  Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>I see this piano again tomorrow at noon.  Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <span style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing: 0px'><span style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing: 0px'><span style='orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; 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