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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi! Mary, I recall a tech =
demonstrating a
procedure for removing knuckles at a tech session some years ago. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He sliced through the buckskin and felt =
with a
razor blade, peeled the felt and buckskin off and with a sharp small =
side
cutting pliers cut the remaining wood at two or three places and =
split it
out of the slot. I haven't actually done this but it looked =
easy.
Hope that works for you. Practice on some old =
knuckles.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa =
Clara,
California<BR><A href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=MBailey911@AOL.COM
href="mailto:MBailey911@AOL.COM">MBailey911@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 08, 2002 =
8:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Weber action too =
big</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
2/8/2002 10:09:21 AM Central Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> writes: =
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TYPE="CITE">If I recall, there was some talk earlier about Young =
Chang
action brackets "growing." </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=arial =
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face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Funny that this =
should come up in
such a timely fashion. Earlier this week, I had an 11 year old =
Young
Chang G185 that was blocking terribly (new customer, just moved to =
town,
called me to tune and said a few notes were acting funny - I'd say! - =
the
piano was not even remotely playable). <BR><BR>I noticed that the =
hammers were
resting on the rail, but at the specified distance from the strings, =
which got
me scratching my head. I figured that if I brought the hammer =
line up
off the rail far enough, that everything else was going to be wildly =
out of
place. <BR><BR>Totally perplexed, I called tech support at =
Young Chang,
and they told me about the growing action brackets. Thankfully, =
I hadn't
wasted too much time on a no-win situation. They're sending out =
the
replacement brackets, instructions, and the reimbursement form.
<BR><BR>Another problem with this action is that the knuckles were =
creaking
and groaning (kinda like my knees after a long week). I =
used some
teflon on them and that seemed to quiet it down, but I also asked tech =
support
about that, and they're sending replacement knuckles as well, since I =
guess
that's another known problem area. I've never replaced a set of =
knuckles
before, though, and haven't yet found any articles talking about the =
procedure
- any advice out there? <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR>Mary Bailey</FONT>
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