<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <STYLE>BODY { FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=compText bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3>Mark,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Thanks for your answer.  I wonder material was used before they changed it and what they use now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Gary Fluke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Snohomish, WA</FONT></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=mwisner@earthlink.net href="mailto:mwisner@earthlink.net">Mark Wisner</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 02, 2007 8:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Bridles</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid"> <P><FONT face=Arial>All Yamaha verticals use the same hammer flange, and up until the late 1990's (when the factory quietly changed the cord material) all Yamaha hammer flanges used the same cotton cord.  So all Yamaha verticals built before the late 1990's are potential sources of spring cord repair income.<BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>Why some models were affected more than others has always been a minor mystery to me.  </FONT></P> <P>Mark Wisner</P> <P><FONT face=Arial> </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid"> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px" align=left> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Gary Fluke" <GARY.FLUKE@VERIZON.NET> </GARY.FLUKE@VERIZON.NET><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 11/1/2007 6:44:20 PM<BR>Subject: Bridles<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Ladies and Gentlemen,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have recently replaced all of the rotten hammer spring cords on Yamaha consoles, both American (1981) and Japanese (1970) made.  Does anyone know when Yamaha fixed this time-bomb problem?  Has anyone seen this problem with any of the Yamaha institutional pianos?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gary Fluke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Snohonmish, WA</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>