<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV> <FONT size=4>   Rodger that Rich</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>   Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2= FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Dale,<BR><BR>I have to say that the GA-1 "ain't no" G-= 3.<BR><BR>Rich Galassini<BR>Cunningham Piano Company<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000= ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT lang=0 style= ="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size= =4 FAMILY="SERIF">I've only seen this problem in an older G-3 that lived= in the little Red church in sonora calif. Sonora is a very dry climate &amp= ;after 20 years in that climate the pins would jump &pop all over the bl= ock. I mean like low torque, push, then pop slip. Setting the pins was well.= . impossible. I restrung it with a bolduc block &fully fit the new block= to the flange. Restrung with no plate bushings. It's fine. I guess the orig= inal beech block had suffered some kind of physical changes &who knows w= hy. With Yamaha this is fairly rare.</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUN= D-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3 FAMILY= ="SERIF"><BR> </FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f" face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4 FAMILY="SERIF"> = Dale</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040></FONT></DIV></BODY></HT= ML>