<!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 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 06, = 2005 8:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> expanding action = brackets</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Help!?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I have a new customer who says = her previous tech told her that her 10-20 year old Young Chang upright has = "expanding action brackets".....This sounds vaguely familiar like I've read about = it before but I am currently clueless!???....What does it mean?...How can = I get parts and how many hours of a job is it??...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <A = href="mailto:Jonnyv@chartermi.net">Jonnyv@chartermi.net</A></FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jonny,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    This is a well = documented problem for Y.C.although I have not seen this on = verticals.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Call Y.C. and ask = for tech support---- only  after you evaluate the action and have the = model and serial # on hand.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    In the grand = actions the symptoms can include blocking hammers , letoff dowels turned down to = the point of falling off .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>,drop screws rubbing on the = pinblock.etc. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I would sample = regulate  a few notes in each section to test.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    If the usual = adjustments don't fall into place ,I would call Y.C. for advice.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    They will give you = action spread dimensions and some direction for replacing the brackets if = indeed they are problematic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     A healthy = dose of skepticism as it relates to the other techs diagnosis is in order here = in my opinion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     Why didn't = the tech pursue the repair if the diagnosis was correct?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Maybe there were = extenuating circumstances but why not fix the problem?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>     </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Best of = luck,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>