<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Yamaha Spring Tension</title></head><body> <div>><font face="Arial" color="#000000">How long does this procedure take you??</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>I think it took my son about three hours to clean out the old cords and replace with new.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Overall, I would figure 6 to 8 hours to account for every procedure.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Before the flanges are reconnected it's a good time to apply Teflon powder to the butts.</div> <div><br></div> <div>In measuring spring tension, I didn't see much difference between an opened spring</div> <div>and one which was simply re-hooked. The un-tweaked spring had an angle between</div> <div>the arms slightly less than 90 and still had approx the 40/20 g tension. The spring</div> <div>which was opened had the approx same tension but when unhooked had an angle</div> <div>of about 90 but did exhibit a little more snap to the flange when flicked. So there's</div> <div>a minor benefit which is just above that warm fuzzy feeling of doing that little</div> <div>something extra, the psycho-mechanical aspect.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>