<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3502.4373" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>It's for my brother's small children.  I'd like = to protect their fingers.  It seems like a fairly common feature on = new pianos; is it unusual to add them to older ones?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca" = title=pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>Don</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> February 28, 2002 12:56 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Retrofit = "soft-close" fallboard on U1?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Cy,<BR><BR>It would seem silly to me to have a "soft = close" mechanism. I don't like<BR>them on the new Yamaha's either. they make = it a misery to get the fall<BR>board on and off--and it is *very* easy to = scratch the highly polished<BR>black ebony finishes. <BR><BR>At 11:37 AM = 2/28/02 -0600, you wrote:<BR>>I have a 20-year-old Yamaha U1.  Is it = possible to retrofit a soft-close<BR>fallboard mechanism?  I've asked = Yamaha, and they say their current parts<BR>would require extensive = modifications.  I found one kit at Schaff, I think,<BR>but I'd like to know if anyone = else has tried this.  Which kits work?  How<BR>hard is it to install?<BR>><BR>>Thanks...<BR>><BR>>--Cy Shuster--<BR>>Rochester, MN<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Don Rose, = B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.<BR><BR><A = href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca</A= ><BR><A = href="http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/">http://us.geocities.com/drpt19= 48/</A><BR><BR>3004 Grant Rd.<BR>REGINA, SK<BR>S4S 5G7<BR>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>