<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Don,</DIV> <DIV>I am curious as to how you have a problem in taking out the Yamaha = "soft close" fallboard. Having removed hundreds, I simply lift it out with no complications, usually straight up on uprights and slightly forward but = mostly straight up on grands. I cannot visualize your situation as being "miserable".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>By the way, for those interested, the gizmo that operates the slow = close is called a rotary damper, per Yamaha.</DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana  RPT<BR><A href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></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=pianotuna@accesscomm.ca = href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">Don</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> Thursday, February 28, = 2002 10:56 AM</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<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>