Forget the fill tube. Show the customer how the knee board comes off and have them add water directly to the tank. If they happen to slosh a little H2O into the piano tell them to dry it up with a towel. I've done this on every vertical installation but 1 and have never had anyone complain or do damage to their piano. Doug Mahard ----- Original Message ----- From: <piano@villagehost.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 8:29 AM Subject: Tight upright DC installations > > >I am interested in the list's wisdom regarding DC installations in > >Yamaha U1s and Steinway uprights. > >Yamaha U1: the kick board is rather tight, with insufficient space > >at the top for the fill tube. What do you do? > > Hi > > I cut a notch |_ in the corner of the kick board to allow room for > the fill tube and wire. I use a small X-Acto Razor Saw to cut the > notch. Get the angles at 90 degrees and it looks fine. I always give > my customers the option of this or putting the fill tube up by the > tuning pins, an option I advise against. I am aware that there are > some people out there that would not be happy with someone > taking a saw to their shiny new piano, but I have yet to run into a > customer that was not comfortable with the notch option. > > Michael Musial > Reedsville Pa >
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