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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:26 PM, <<a href="mailto:pianolady50@peoplepc.com">pianolady50@peoplepc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><pre><font face="Arial" size="3">Matthew,</font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="3">The hammer butt spring (disconnected in your photo) engages in the loop.</font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="3">Debbie Legg</font></pre>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><pre>Okay, so I decided to spend some time this evening looking into my Yamaha U1 I bought last year. The first thing I noticed was all the jacks are plastic. Was that to save money?
And then I noticed something about the butt flanges. I was in the process of taking a few hammer shank centers out and testing the center pins using the traditional method of swinging the hammer by holding the flange, when I noticed the following (click link).
<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2381002693_3983592996_b.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2381002693_3983592996_b.jpg</a>
What is the purpose of the white string that loops around the flange? I was unable to freely swing the hammers obviously, and I have not seen this before. What is it's purpose?
Thank you for your help!
Matthew</pre></div></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.<br>- Bertrand Russell<br><br>Michael Magness<br>
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