<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>It's the first time I've noticed it; I'll look more closely.  I get a lot of spinets and consoles out here.  I = can't imagine with the small amount of travel that dampers have, that any blow = could cause them to rebound so far.  The rail is about 1/4" - 3/8" (6 - 8 = mm) away from the damper heads when the key is held down...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Which reminds me, how the heck do you adjust the = backchecks on a spinet?  I can hardly get a toothpick between the stickers, much = less my wire bender...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr href="mailto:quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr">Quentin Codevelle</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 15, 2005 = 1:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> New Yamaha M500: = "damper rest rail"? </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Cy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To me it is not especially on this = model !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've always seen such damper rest = rails on every upright I've tuned.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Was it the very first time you = encountered it???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>