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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That was actually the problem. When I =
first saw it
I figured the guy chewed up the flange bushings with this innovation, =
but I
repinned it with an 0.048" pin - so no enlargement there. The long =
unclipped
end interferring with the hammer shank wanting to return to the =
rest
postion is what caused the inoperable key. I could see that at least =
half of the
hammer flange center pins were walking out of their proper =
postition on
this piano - presumably I'll have a repinning and general action =
refurbishing
job on the piano. This particular piano was the worst Yamaha I have =
ever
tuned with respect to stray string noise (my experience is that =
Yamahas are
usually a pleasure to tune) - more like tuning a Kimball console =
(false
beats and unisons that would just not come clean - I hate =
that).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 13, =
2003 4:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: New Center Pin =
Design</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Terry
<P>you gotta love it... ... the fellow / gal was clever enough to =
screw the
darned thing out and put it in again.... but not clever enough to snip =
off the
leftover clip... wunerful...:)
<P>Farrell wrote:
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<FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Great new center pin design. This =
(below) was
recovered from a 35-year old Yamaha console. One key didn't seem to =
be
working.......</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT =
size=-1>I'm all for
improvising, but this is ridiculous!</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Terry =
Farrell</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway =
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href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> =
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