<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C419AE.569696D0">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Normally the spring of the damper lever aids = the key in returning to rest position. If everything is working as it should, = you shouldn’t need this extra help. If the sustain pedal is on, this = “help” from the damper spring is effectively disabled. That means that any extra = friction anywhere in the mechanism is going to show up as a sluggish key. It most likely = is the front rail bushing, but could be the balance rail, one of the action = centers or hammer spring out of place. <o:p></o:p> <!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> An= d yes, jamming a screwdriver between keys while holding them down (this makes = the bushing fully engage the pin where the binding occurs) and twisting back = and forth is a quick and dirty method of easing front rail bushing. Just = don’t tell anyone. ;-)<o:p></o:p> <!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Dean<o:p></o:p><= /font> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></= p> Dean May             cell = 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p></= p> PianoRebuilders.com   = 812.235.5272<o:p></o:p></= p> Terre Haute IN  47802<o:p></o:p> <= span class=EmailStyle15><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> -----Original Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On = Behalf Of Gholley237@cs.com Sent: Saturday, April 03, = 2004 6:10 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Yamaha Colsole, = Sharps checking on trill with sustain pedaldepressed. <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Hello List.  Yamaha P22, Console, 270499, owner bought new from local = Mishawaka, IN., dealer three years ago. Dealer sent a "tooner" to tune 1st time, and owner call her = back for 2nd and 3rd tuning. On 3rd visit, the owner asked the "tooner" why the sharps = would "stick or not return when a fast trill was played, with the sustain = pedal depressed".  "Tooner" told the owner that Yamaha = Consoles had this problem and said that it was probably the front pin bushing = being too tight.  (The problem does not present itself when a trill is played = and the sustain pedal is NOT depressed). Anyway, the "tooner" took a thin steel blade, probabaly a = machinist rule, and jambed it down between the keys in the area of the front pins = and moved it back and forth saying that she was trying to free up the space = in the area of the pin bushings. I wonder if this "tooner" even knows where the pin bushings = are located, surely not on the side of the key stick. The "tooner" did not remove the key slip to look under the = keys to see if anything looked amiss.  "Tooner" could not resolve = the problem and left.  Will not return calls made to her.  Owner = has called the dealer several times and the dealer will not return the calls = to address the warranty problem. The owner got my name from another satisfied customer of mine and called = me. I looked at the piano this afternoon to play it my self and experience = the problem first hand. Offending sharps are G#4, A#4, G#5, C#6, G#7. Does anyone have some knowledge to shed on this problem and what to look = for and in what sequence.  What initially should I be looking for? Many regards to all. Gordon Holley Associate Member Goshen, IN Indiana Chap 467.<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>