<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <FONT size=3>Hi Barbara</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Well, there are as many mystery causes of c= enter pin problems as there are stars but as for Renner I've found them to be quit= e reliable. However on one set about ten years ago they seized so I pinned the= m. They seized again so Isized them with alcohol & water & haven't seen= em since. I've had center pinning problems on every part out there. It's still = a hand fit part &  when it's done with skill every thing is dandy &am= p; when there's a glitch in the cloth, personnel, felt maker & who knows wh= at there can be problems. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> ie.Yamaha had or has plated pins as do many Asian pianos. Sometimes the plating comes off and the parts just freeze. This was common at our dealership in the years surrounding 1976 thru about 1980 or so= , Yamaha was ALWAYS Johnny on the spot to warranty this problem. Sometimes&nbs= p; the arthritis got all the way to the under lever parts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Hey Yamaha even warranted and replaced a gh-1 for= me as I had finally diagnosed the soundboard /bearing problems on the very <STRONG><U>LAST</U></STRONG> Day of its ten year warrantee!!!!!!! Tuning instability you know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  As my Dad says "ya pay your money & you take = your chances"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, Dave.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well...actually, they're Renner parts--fo= r a grand.  I would like to donate the work, I just don't want to get cal= led back--if you know what I mean.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, as you can see by the picture, I am short.  I can, however, stretch up to an old upright if = I want to.  It isn't always easy to peer into nine-foot grand pianos wh= ile regulating either.  ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS  And I know I'm knock kneed, too.  My sister (God B= less her soul), was bow-legged.  My father said when we stood together we spelled the word OH (or HO). </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>