<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hi,</DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I recently visited a = customer with a Yamaha C2, who has the very same = complaint.</DIV><DIV>The thump is not normal, and I have not yet = encountered this with any Yamaha grand.</DIV><DIV>I have examined it, = and have come to the conclusion that the Yamaha damper felt is not too = hard. It usually is of very good quality anyway.</DIV><DIV>I think there = is too much lead in the damper levers.</DIV><DIV>All the damper levers, = combined with the amount of weight from the lead, gives the heavy = thump.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My two = funny money cents</DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 12-jan-2006, at 7:25, William R. = Monroe wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Well, = Rick,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: = 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">I must say I would be inclined to concur with the = pedal being excessively</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"thumpy."<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I = just serviced a Yamaha C1 today.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> = </SPAN>The thump of the dampers was</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">really quite bothersome.<SPAN = class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>No amount of limiting the = damper travel would do</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">anything here.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> = </SPAN>The felts are in quite good condition, but are a bit = firmer</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">than I = usually see.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; = font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">My gut is that to make the thumping = end, you'll need new (different) damper</FONT></P> <P style="margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">felts.<SPAN = class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>In my case, it is definitely = the damper felts creating the noise,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">but I would check to see what kind of = shape the felts in the pedal box are</FONT></P> <P style="margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">in and how absorbent they are.<SPAN = class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I often find poor felts in = the pedal box can</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">contribute to that thumping noise.</FONT></P> <P = style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; = min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Hope you are able to remedy the problem.</FONT></P> <P = style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; = min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Regards,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">William R. 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