<html> <body> At 09:49 AM 1/27/2007, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> It seems like every other grey market Yamaha upright I run into has breaking hammer return spring cords.  </blockquote> Believe me! It's not only the grey market pianos that have this problem!!!!!!! Avery <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I did yet another replacement job yesterday, this time in the customers garage, where temperatures hovered around 50 degrees farenheit all morning.  It's hard to manipulate all those little pieces of thread with numb fingers.  Still, after getting better at the repetitive tasks required on this job, I cut about an hour off my previous time.    The interesting about this particular U3 is that somebody had already replaced some of the cords--but only on the notes with no dampers.  Somebody obviously found the breaking cord problem, but wanted to sell the piano with a minimum of expense.  All the other notes would function to some degree without the hammer return spring, but without the push of the damper spring, the end keys would have a helluva time returning to position.  Pretty shoddy.   Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net <a href="http://dstahlpiano.net/" eudora="autourl"> http://dstahlpiano.net/</a> <hr> <a href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fnewaol"> Check out the new AOL</a>. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.</blockquote></body> </html>