<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you want quick and the holes are = just sort of stripped use the extra thin CA to solidify the wood.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the hole is really reamed out insert = a strip of buckskin about the size of the width of the holeand use the trusty old = CA followed by the screw directly into the hole, no need to coat the screw = with anything as the screw will break loose from the glue as it will not set = up that quickly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net href="mailto:pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net">Gevaert Pierre</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 02, = 2002 2:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha hinges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last week I had a demand for fixing = two identical problems on two Yamaha G3 pianos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Both have the hinges and screws = teared out of the rim.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(this could confirm the use of to = soft woods in the Yamaha rims as explained by Larry Fine?) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As woodworkings is not(yet) of my = speciallity, I'd like to know what is the best way to fix this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought about chissel out the lose = wood and gluing a new pičce of hardwood with epoxy and bore new = holes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could it be possible to fix this in = less than 3 hours with fast hardening epoxy or another glue? (on of the clients asks)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre Gevaert,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Belgium</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>