Yamaha Upright hammer flanges

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Dave,
           You are welcome,
                             As a rule rule of thumb, if there is more
thasn 5 or 6  broken cords, I carefully consider replacing the flanges. 

Regards Roger


At 08:56 AM 5/17/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Jon, Tony, Roger, et. al,
>
>Thanks for all of the advice!  I am probably going to just replace the 
>flanges w/cords.  For the negligible cost(roughly 42 cents each, if Schaff 
>still has any), it seems a bit easier to do it that way.  Plus I get 88 used 
>yamaha flanges that I can practice 
>re-cording on....:-)  
>
>Still a 5 hour job, I would think....
>
>Dave Stahl
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>In a message dated 5/16/02 5:37:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>caute@optusnet.com.au writes:
>
>
>> Hi Dave,
>> 
>> Joe's time is spot on if you are just changing the cords. At times (when I
>> have run out of new flanges) Tighten flanges first. I remove the dampers
and
>> the hammers (leaving the flanges in place) put the action down on the
checks
>> (blocks under the brackets) lock the action down (clamps) strip the ole
cord
>> out and replace with new cord.
>> Refit hammers and dampers and hey presto, 4.5 to 5 hrs.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Tony Caught
>> Darwin
>> Australia
>> caute@optusnet.com.au
>> 
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>> 
>> > List,
>> >
>> > I am about to make a bid on a job to replace all the hammer flanges in a
>> > Yamaha P-22 studio upright(the threads are breaking at a prodigious rate,
>> as
>> > per a previous post...).  My "G" works labor guide suggests that this
>> might
>> > take me 5 hours.  Has anybody done this?  I think that Joe's estimate is
>> > reasonable, giving a bit less than 4 minutes per flange, but I wonder if
>> > anybody out there has done this job before?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any input!
>> >
>> > Dave Stahl
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Roger Jolly
Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres.
Saskatoon/Regina.
Canada.