Fred Sturm wrote: > Ron, > I take it you find the retrofit to adjustable plates worth doing. Yes. > A couple questions: > 1) Do you get them direct from Yamaha? Other? Yamaha. They're called "key flame guides" - no kidding. That's what it says on the package. I'll get the part number and post it, tomorrow. > 2) Actual installation, just use a chisel to enlarge the cutout? Any tips? I have some notes and drawings of some ideas - some of them mine, some my colleague's. > 3) The screwhead (adjusting) is a bit hard to get a blade on (geometry). > Korean designs (Samick?) use a capstan. I like the Yamaha overall > quality better, but the capstan seems an improvement. Anyone know a way to > put capstans on a Yamaha plate (source for appropriate size capstan screw)? In the diagram, you'll see that the cut-out you make allows for getting a small screwdriver onto the head. Nothing shows above key level, btw. Capstan might be nice, but can you make the adjustment without taking the cheekblock out of the piano? (It's been a while since I saw such a config.) -- Ron Torrella, RPT Ypsilanti, MI ----------------- FreeDSL Information http://www-personal.umich.edu/~torrella/InfoPlease/HereItIs.html ----------------- "There's a difference between 'involved' and 'committed.' When providing ham and eggs for breakfast, the hen is involved. The pig is committed. (Milo Sturgis in Jonathan Kellerman's novel "Self-Defense")
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