Hi Les, Regarding the small reamers for removal of the glue. The knurled portion is too small. I used one to remove the glue, I ended up blistering my fingers. So I modified it to fit a combination handle. I now use a chuck in a power screwdriver. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada Avery Todd wrote: > Les, > > I agree with Roger here although if it was hot hide glue, it would be > so much > easier. > I think I have an extra reamer if you want to borrow it. :-) > > Avery > > At 01:19 AM 8/7/99 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi Les, > > Just pulling on the springs with a pair of needle nose pliers > >will uncoil the spring and pull most of the glue with it. The supply houses > >sell a reamer for cleaning out these grooves, simple to use, and the job > >will turn out perfect. > >Roger > > > > > >At 06:09 PM 06/08/99 -0500, you wrote: > > >Is Steve Pearson still with Yamaha? I sent a message to him at > > >Yamaha.com, and it came back as undeliverable? > > > > > >So, I'll pose my question here. > > > > > >Yesterday, opening a 3-year old Yamaha P22, I discovered someone had > > >"spilled" something in the piano. Wound strings had large sections of > > >green on them, and regular strings, lots of rust. > > > > > >Strange thing is that several jack springs were broken, the broken ends > > >having turned black, I suppose, from corrosion. > > > > > >I suggested to the school district they might want to replace the whole > > >set of springs, since whatever it was had been spilled over the entire > > >set of strings, and I'd be concerned about other springs breaking. This > > >poor thing will have to be restrung one of these days. Pretty sad. I did > > >have the smarts to get the band director and show him what was going on. > > > > > > The springs seem to be brass. Replace them with Yamaha springs, I > > >suspect. But they're glued in, and I wonder how one gets the glue to > > >release the old ones. > > > > > >Any advice? > > > > > >Thanks > > > > > >les bartlett > > >___________________________________________________________________ > > >Get the Internet just the way you want it. > > >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > > >Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > > > >Roger Jolly > >Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre > >Saskatoon and Regina > >Saskatchewan, Canada. > >306-665-0213 > >Fax 652-0505
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