[pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1

[Barbara Richmond]

Thanks for your opinion, Wim. 

I'm still looking for the information on the Yamaha centers. 

Barbara Richmond, RPT 
near Peoria, Illinois 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: wimblees at aol.com 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:58:16 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1 


Barbara 

Perhaps the best course of action to take on this piano is to do nothing, except tune it. Unless you can replace the h/s/f, any work you do short of that will not be sufficient, and you'll wind up doing more and more, for nothing. When church members start to complain that the piano doesn't sound right, the organist can explain the the donated piano needs a lot of work, but because of the budget problems, it can't be done. Someone in the church will then step up and pay to have it done. 

Wim 


-----Original Message----- 
From: Barbara Richmond <piano57 at comcast.net> 
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> 
Sent: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 4:14 pm 
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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