[pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1

[PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com]

Barbara:
 
Same question I posed to Ilvey-san. If it's verdigris, and only on the  
ends, where's the friction problem? 
 
Paul
 
 
In a message dated 2/27/2010 12:09:09 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
piano57 at comcast.net writes:

Yeah,  they'll get all the options.  I said I'd label them good, better and 
best  (if there are that many).  :-)

br


----- Original  Message -----
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To:  pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 11:06:18 PM GMT -06:00  US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [pianotech] 1965 Yamaha G-1

That's a  beauty, Barbara.   If you are going to file the hammers and 
repin, you  will make it sound a heck of a lot better than it does.   Of course 
that  will include aligning with the strings some regulation and voicing.   
It  might be worth the comparison for the owners of new parts (might be able 
to  get Hammer, Shanks and Flanges read to go) and what you can do with no  
warranty.   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message  ----------------------------------------
From: "Barbara Richmond"  <piano57 at comcast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 2/26/2010  6:14:01 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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