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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>. <BR><BR>Last night =
I inspected
a 10 year old Weber grand where the hammers are blocking on the =
strings. I
tried to remove the action, but the drop screws are hitting the pin =
block. I
was afraid if I pulled to hard to get it free, it would peel back the
polyester of the stretcher. <BR><BR>Except for the low bass, there was =
actually lost motion between the keys and the wippens. That is why I =
tried to
remove the action. If I recall, there was some talk earlier about =
Young Chang
action brackets "growing." I looked at them, but could not see =
anything
unusually. They are light blue. <BR><BR>I didn't have my tuning kit =
with me,
so I couldn't lower the glide bolts to see if that would help. But I =
don't
think that is the problem. Structurally I couldn't see anything wrong. =
<BR><BR>Anyone with a solution. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Wim,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I just did one recently with the same extent of =
expansion
you are experiencing. It is 100%, absolutely, the case of expanding =
action
brackets growing upwards, extending the height the action frame to the =
stretcher area. Which explains the gross lost motion.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>You are on the right path with the idea of =
lowering
the glide bolts. In fact if that doesn't create enough clearance to =
get the
action out Young Change suggest you take a hack saw and cut the =
action
brackets apart, which is what I ended up doing. Actually I used a =
Dremel tool
with a cut-off carbide disc and it did the job quickly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Also note that even though this is a Young Change
piano , the warranty work still has to go through
Weber.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>One last item when ordering the new brackets take =
note that
there are 2 different sizes ( height wise). You basically take a crap
shoot and hope you get the right ones. Otherwise, more down time =
for the
customer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The manufacturer will sometimes cover the =
complete
regulation job, at least they did with us on several that we
corrected.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Tom
Servinsky,RPT </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>