upright flanges with threads

[John Ross]

Hi again Mickey,
Give some consideration, to repinning, while everything is apart.
Regards,
John M. Ross
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: upright flanges with threads


> Hi Mickey,
> Replace them all.
> To get a quantity the same size, just wrap the cord, around a piece of
dowel
> and cut with a razorblade. Make a jig on a piece of wood, that accepts the
> screw hole, and put a nail in that gives you the exact size loop as an
> unbroken one. The cord is available from Schaff or any of the suppliers. A
> nylon fishing line would work also. Use CA glue, it sets up fast.
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mickey Kessler" <markmilo@znet.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 6:14 PM
> Subject: upright flanges with threads
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The piano I was working on the other day was a quite lovely old
> > Gildemeester & Kroeger upright.  The hammer butts have their own little
> > return springs, held by threads attached to the flanges.  (I understand
> > from one of the catalogs I have that Yamaha uses a similar arrangement.)
> >
> > So -- my question is this.  A large number of these little threads have
> > bitten the proverbial dust, snapped right at the center.  Is there an
easy
> > fix, or am I going to have to cut a bunch of new threads and somehow
glue
> > them in place?  What kind of thread should I use?  What kind of glue?
How
> > critical is the length of the thread, or does it just have to provide
some
> > tension?
> >
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mickey Kessler
> >
>
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