Bridles

[John Ross]

The cords started out white.
Some of the spares I got from Yamaha in the late 70's are now brown, and break.
So check your spares if you have old stock.
It was only 1/2 dozen, so no big deal, I just glued on new cord.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie W Bartlett 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 2:47 PM
  Subject: Re: Bridles


  I've been told this problem is more prominent around coastal areas.  Anyone know if this is correct?
  les bartlett

  Gary Fluke <gary.fluke at verizon.net> wrote:
    Mike,

    I don't know what color the cord was when the affected Yamaha pianos were new.  I can tell you that on the ones I have repaired the cord is brown.  I just looked at another Yamaha console yesterday and it was built in the U.S. in 1984.  Sure enough, there was one hammer spring that had broken through the cord and all of the cords were brown.  Someone bought the piano, likely unaware of the looming repair bill. 


    Gary Fluke
    Snohomish, WA

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Michael Magness 
      To: Pianotech List 
      Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 6:42 AM
      Subject: Re: Bridles





      On 11/2/07, John Delacour <JD at pianomaker.co.uk> wrote: 
        At 19:11 -0700 1/11/07, you wrote:

        >All the time...they will supply the cord...;-]   I'd add, that 25+ 
        >years is pretty good service for any part...

        What?!! Are you talking about cars or pianos?  I expect to find a few
        broken cord loops on a 100 year old piano if it has suffered a lot of
        damp (which will ultimately rot the silk) but if they had had 
        polyester cord in those days I'd expect them to last for 200 years.

        JD



      I have 4 Yamaha P-22's some of the first out of the Thomaston plant, all in the same school district, would they be included? I haven't had the problem(yet), several U-1's in another school from the 90's. Various aged P-22's scattered around. 

      Not to mention about 100 or more Yamaha consoles sold in this area, that I service and probably a few hundred more serviced by others.
      Anybody have a guess on time frame of when the bad was used and when it stopped being used?

      Mike

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      Magness Piano Service
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