Yamaha Hammer flange cord (was Bridles)

[Brian Doepke]

I serviced a Yamaha that had been in Guam and brought here to the US. I had
to replace all of the flanges because they had rotted away.

By the way, when changing them, do every other one first to maintain correct
spacing/alignment.  ( a tip passed on to me )

Brian P. Doepke, (dep-kee)
R.P.T. (Registered Piano Technician)
AAA Piano Works, Inc.
Piano Tuning-Repair-Purchase Consults
260.417.1298
260.432.2043
    www.aaapianoworks.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wisner [mailto:mwisner at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 3:12 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Yamaha Hammer flange cord (was Bridles)

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

That may be.  We did notice that in general, the higher the RH swings in the
area, the more likely the cords were to fail.

Mark Wisner