Bridles

[David Ilvedson]

The rest will go...sell them the complete job when the next ones go...



David Ilvedson, RPT

Pacifica, CA 94044









Original message

From: "John Ross" 

To: "Pianotech List" 

Received: 11/2/2007 11:26:57 AM

Subject: Re: Bridles





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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