[pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1

[Steven Hopp]

Barbara,

 

Am I not seeing this correctly?  From the condition of the one knuckle which looks pretty good those hammers look like you know what...  It almost looks like somebody sawed them off they are so evenly worn.  Maybe I've just not seen enough of the action.  Sorry I can't answer your questions but I just had to comment and say hello.  I'll be in your neck o the woods next month.  Hope the snow is gone.  =).

 

Best wishes on this project,

 

Steven Hopp

Midland, TX
 


Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:14:01 +0000
From: piano57 at comcast.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1




Greetings list:

These pictures are from a Yamaha G-1, made in 1965 which was recently donated to a church to be used in the choir room.  They will have the option to spiff-up or rebuild the action, since the organist isn't sure they can come up with enough money for a new set of hammers/shanks. In the meantime, have any of you repinned greenish Yamaha action centers and did they stay free--or is it only the S&S green centers that seize up again?  I wince at repinning a set of hammer flanges with end-of-life hammers on them, but something needs to be done if they aren't going to be replaced.  

There are a couple splits in the high treble bridge.  I was thinking of using epoxy--is there a best way of damming the sides of the cap (type of tape?) so the glue doesn't just run out?

Thanks much.

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois



 		 	   		  
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