pianotech-digest V1997 #472 -Reply

[Howard S. Rosen]

Hi Mark,

I'm glad you jumped in here. My suspicion was correct that these cords have
*not* been changed in the 80's as some techs have suggested. 

Howard S. Rosen, RPT
Boynton Beach, Florida

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> From: Mark Wisner <MWisner@yamaha.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: pianotech-digest V1997 #472 -Reply
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 6:49 PM
> 
> For what it's worth, the material Yamaha has used for the
> hammer butt flange cord has always been cotton.  After
> what can only be described as years of impassioned pleas,
> manufacturing has agreed to use a more durable cord. 
> This new material (as yet unspecified) will be showing up
> on butt flanges soon, if it's not already.