<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've dealt with Phil Glenn at YC on = these. <A href="mailto:phil_glenn@yca.tzo.com">phil_glenn@yca.tzo.com</A>  = He had been very helpful</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the piano is mid 80s to early 90s = and the hammers are blocking - almost guaranteed that you have expanding = brackets. If they have expanded alot, yes you can easily measure the expansion - = either measure the brackets themselves and compare, or you can measure the = action spread. However, I have done bracket jobs where the action spread was = apparently unaffected, but still when I replaced the brackets, all troubles were = solved and the action regulated real nice.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>YC will provide the new brackets and = reimburse up to $250 to $300 - enough to replace the brackets, but not for a full = action regulation. I just got paid today, as a matter of fact, for the last = action bracket job I did - $1,170. They understood that it was time = for a full regulation, damper regulation, hammer filing, some repinning - = basically to go through all that stuff down thar in the action cavity and make it = work as good as it could.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But beware - don't sell an action = bracket job for $300 and think that the piano will play well without a good regulation!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@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, June 18, 2004 = 11:13 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Expanding YC action = bracket symptoms??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 = PTSIZE="10">Hi List, <BR><BR>I know this topic has been dicsussed a fair amount at various = times in this forum.  Yesterday, I went to tune a Weber WG50(about a 5' 7" = grand I believe) which was manufactured by Young Chang.  What I found was = a piano so out of regulation as to be virtually unplayable.  Hammers were = blocking against the strings, and it took more than a full turn of the = let-off dowels to get any let-off at all.   <BR><BR>I didn't get very far = into it, because I'd only alotted time for a normal tuning appointment. =  I did take off the top action to check for abnormal tightness in the = keyframe, but it seemed to go in and out just fine.  But the amount the piano = has gone out of regulation is of concern to me.   <BR><BR>Other factors: =  The piano was in Pennsylvania before it came to a much drier climate in = CA, and before it got to its current location, it stayed for some time(I think = the owner mentioned over a year) in storage. <BR><BR>What measurements can = I take to determine if it is indeed swollen brackets?  After checking a = few sample notes, I've come to the conclusion that the piano can be = regulated, but I want to be sure it isn't something more egregious before I spend = many hours on the piano. <BR><BR>Any input would be helpful!  Thanks in = advance. <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>