This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm presuming this was an old Yamaha? I ran across an old one with foam = rubber used for the backrail. I was like paste/putty. I installed a = new strip of good backrail cloth and voila...the keys were still = perfectly level. =20 David I. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Piannaman@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 7:33 AM Subject: Foam Rubber on Rest Rail? List,=20 I was sitting on the floor(the tables were too small to fit an action) = of a Chinese restaurant filling the hammers of an MX 80 Yamaha 42" = console when I noticed something I had never seen or noticed before: = the hammer rest rail "felt" was actually foam rubber. Well, the shanks = do land softly...:-) It made me wonder about the quality of materials in = the rest of the piano. =20 Didn't have time to do a full inspection as I was hustling to get the = piano back together in a fairly dark environment before the restaurant = opened(made it with 5 minutes to spare). Like most Yamahas that I've = tuned, it had very few strings with false beats and the pins were = consistent. But how long before it starts to self-destruct? Especially = since it is a Disklavier and gets played at least 8 hours a day...=20 Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fa/57/98/b2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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