untunable [Young Chang] G-150

[BobDavis88 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/10/2007, donmannino at ca.rr.com writes:

Yes, as I recall there are two zinc string rests in some pianos.  One under 
the capo, and one as the counter bearing.  They are unpainted metal, but are 
not as shiny as the usual chrome rear aliquot bars.

DM

At 10:04 AM 3/10/2007, you wrote:

>>Some YC grands from around 1993-4 had a stepped zinc insert that was 
extremely sticky.  These were only in production for less than a year 
because they were horrible to tune even when brand new.<<


What do you do if you find one of these? Also, can these, or any other insert 
used by YC, contribute to string breakage? I am about to restring a model 
213, serial G099xxx, which eats treble wire. I don't find it hard to tune, so it 
might be later than the zinc. 
 
The tensions are very reasonable. I have told the client that it is the 
rock-hard, unvoiced Renner hammers (which we will also be replacing) powered by her 
heavy hands that are the culprit, but I don't want to leave any stone 
unturned. 
 
Thanks,
Bob Davis



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