<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Terry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yes a 10-year-old Weber was made by Young Chang - according to Larry Fine they've been doing it since 1986.  I only have one Weber bracket experience (or 1/2, since it's not over yet) involving a piano from 1992.  Can't tell you when techs generally became aware of the brackets, having only recently become aware of techs myself.   I sincerely hope the '97 action repair was to take care of the bracket problem, else you are headed for a frustrating can of worms.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>good luck on Thursday</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=terry@farrellpiano.com href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">Terry</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> 3/22/2005 2:15:45 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Weber Action Brackets?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Was a ten-year-old Weber grand made by Young Chang?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When was the YC growing action bracket widely known? Was it general knowledge within PTG circles as far back as 1997?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Got a call from a lady who has a 10-15-yo Weber grand. She will be having a party in 2-1/2 weeks and will be hiring a professional pianist to play. The piano has not been touched in many years. We made an appointment for two days before the party - although she expressed concern about being sure the piano was playable - what if it needs repairs - I told her not too many 10-yo pianos will need major repairs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>About five seconds after hanging up, I remembered this was likely a YC and potentially from the growing action bracket years. I called her back and asked her to play all the notes for me. Sounded like at least a few of them were blocking (or at least something very bad). She told me another tech had "completely redone" the action 8 years ago (such major repairs that he had to "send it out"), but the tech had since passed away. I just happened to have the records for that tech, and sure enough back in '97 he has notes about an "action repair" and "action regulation" for this piano - but no details regarding exactly what the repairs were.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So being that we might be looking at a bracket replacement job, we moved the appointment up to this Thursday to hopefully allow for needed repairs. If anyone can provide me a heads-up on my couple questions, I sure would appreciate it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW, the only reason I am reasonably well informed about the YC action bracket situation is this Pianotech List. Thanks all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>