yamaha butt flange repair

[richard.ucci at att.net]

Hi Ric,
It would be great to rewind and have left the flanges in place, and have just redone the cords...
I think I may swap them out , redo cords, travel any that need it etc.
Fortunately , I still have the originals.

-------------- Original message from Ric Brekne <ricbrek at broadpark.no>: -------------- 


> Hi Rick 
> 
> I see you've got a lot of answers in and no doubt someones already 
> supplied you with a good solution. Just thought I'd throw in that 
> replacing the silk threads is a really easy job and if thats all thats 
> failing the flanges I'd have replaced those and re-installed the 
> origionals. The cost of new parts and the amount of work needed to fit 
> them often pans out as in your example. 
> 
> I re-machined a set of new Steinway hammer flanges about a year back 
> because the centerpin line was 1 mm farther out on the new ones then the 
> origionals... and I can not find a source for new flanges of origional 
> dimensions. All the work involved in that really ended up not being 
> worth my time. The older O I just got finished with had the same 
> problem. I found it much quicker to use the origional flanges 
> installing new drop screws. 
> 
> I get the feeling a lot of folks opt for putting in brand new parts when 
> the old ones can be rebushed or refurbished without much work thinking 
> they are going to save all kinds of time... and it isnt necessarily so. 
> Course many times its more then appropriate to opt for new parts as 
> well. But sometimes perhaps it might be just as well or better to use 
> the old ones. 
> 
> Just my 2 cents 
> RicB 
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