---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Rob, Loosen the up stop rail screws, raise the rail fully up. You can then get at the screws. Hold the damper tray up high with a thick felt mute on top of the dags. Tighten, then reset the rail. Works for me. Regards Roger At 10:03 PM 8/29/2003 +0200, you wrote: >I know... I love this one... And those undedimensioned lift flanges. >Center pins keep working their way out, or the flanges themselves get >broken.. then you gotta take the whole set of dampers off just to get at >the tray. Not their brightest moment. > >RicB > >"Rob G." wrote: >>Hello, Is there a trick of some kind to tighten Yamaha damper tray flange >>screws without taking all of the dampers out? For whatever reason some >>stoned engineer put the flange screw behind the flange itself. I had an >>older C-7 in a recording studio this morning that I had to prepare for a >>12:00 session with "Air Supply", (those who grew up in the 70's will >>certainly remember them). There was a rattle in the tray and after a >>while of fiddling I came to the conclusion that the center damper tray >>flange screw was loose. After 30 minutes with the aid of a long and >>narrow screwdriver standing on my head with a 60 watt light bulb in my >>face I was finally able to partly force it in from the side and tighten >>but the whole experience was ridiculous. My assessment was correct >>however and the rattle did stop. Am I missing something here or is there >>actually a practical way to do this? Rob Goodale, RPTLas Vegas, NV > >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >UiB, Bergen, Norway ><mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no>mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no >http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html ><http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html>http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/13/f0/dd/b6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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