Bridles

[Michael Magness]

On 11/2/07, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>  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 <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>
> *To:* Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> *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 <IFixPianos at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> *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
>
> --
> The way some people find fault, you'd think there was some kind of reward.
> Michael Magness
> Magness Piano Service
> 608-786-4404
> www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/>
> email mike at ifixpianos.com
>
>
> I'm confused, the white cord TURNED brown or the bad cord was brown? I
think I've only ever seen white or dirty white cord!

Mike
-- 
The way some people find fault, you'd think there was some kind of reward.
Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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