On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote: > Does anyone know where to get some hardware for the Quiet Keys System you > commonly find on Yamaha U-1's? I am just talking about the wingnut that > goes on the bass side, and the two little screws that go on the treble side, > that are used to connect the actual muffler bar. > > > Thank you, > > Matthew > Hi Mathew, Necessity is the mother of invention, somebody famous once said! For a fairly simple repair such as you mention a little re-engineering in the form of new hardware eg. screws, bolts, wingnuts that all fit one another and cost most probably 1 or 2 dollars collectively. It would save you those extra trips to the hardware store, the time waiting for Yamaha to send it to you and up your how-to for the next one! This is what I try to point out to and teach the newbies in our chapter, it's not always necessary to re-invent the wheel, just observe how it works or is supposed to work then formulate a plan to fix it. While you are performing that plan, we'll call it plan A, formulate plan B just in case plan A doesn't work as well as you thought it would. If you have to use plan B you are ready for it and as you are performing it formulate plan C, etc. etc. I personally have reached plan F on a few occasions. My point is it can save you that trip back, make you look like a hero, to your customer and not leave that bitter taste of frustration with you. By all means listen to Tom and the others and go hang around a good old-fashioned hardware store and learn about screws, phillips, torx, slotted, squaredrive, whether they are roundhead, ovalhead or flathead and the difference between them and a bolt or machine screw, sheetmetal screw or woodscrew. <grin> Mike -- Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080710/f7a59968/attachment.html
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