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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll throw some information your way as =
I see no
one else has responded, even though I am not an expert on this topic, =
but I have
taken a couple PianoDisk service classes over the years. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First thing I would do is get in direct =
contact
with Yamaha in California and/or Japan. I strongly doubt that this is =
anything
you want to do yourself. I think the piano owner has three options - pay =
qualified service personnel to come to Maui to do the work, send the =
piano to
Yamaha to do the work, or replace the piano.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That being said, if you are only =
replacing the
control box and not the key activators/plungers (what the heck are those =
things
called?), this might be do-able, but again, I would want to talk =
directly to
Yamaha about that - or some qualified representative in CA.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.....in Freezing (53 degrees right now =
at 5 AM! -
brrrrrrr) but sunny Florida</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Whatever happened to global =
warming?)</FONT></DIV>
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size=3>Aloho to all
from sunny Maui ,</FONT></DIV>
<P>I've been ready most of your post with great interest. And I know =
this is
the place to get good input if you need some. When I was in KC I had a =
lot of
great PTG members to help out with a problem. Maui is very =
different.</P>
<P>Kind of cut throat here on the islands . Anyway a customer called =
me and
wants an updated D.L. system installed.</P>
<P>She says piano has and older system on it now. My question is =
what
will I need to get the job done. I have only sat in on a few PTG =
classes on
these and other systems. Just enough to get you able to get around the =
system
to fix the piano. The most I've done is repair a harrness the a mouse =
ate up .
Kind of hard to get training out here with the cost of air travel . Or =
to send
in someone. Just to come over from Oahu it cost over $200.00 dollars =
now. So
I'm it .</P>
<P>Thanks, Brett Glass</P>
<P>A Sharp Piano Service Maui</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>