<HEAD> <STYLE>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=compText> <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></BODY>