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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><STRONG>Hey Tom,</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><STRONG>My local hardware guys think I work
there. They keep joking that they're going to set up a tent for me in aisle 9 so
I don't even have to bother leaving. <G>.</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><STRONG>Anyway your post hits the nail on the
head, especially the smoking propane guy! I didn't know you shopped at
O'Connor's too!</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><STRONG>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell,
Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</STRONG></EM></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tomtuner@verizon.net href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">Tom
Driscoll</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> Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Muffler Hardware</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000
size=2>Matthew,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2> I
think calling the manufacturer can help.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>I will suggest however that
in our trade one valuable asset is mechanical apptitude and
improvisation.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>I marvel at the jigs,
gauges and tooling cooked up by some of list
contributers.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Check out Ron N's floating
drill press ,Jude R's bridge location device posted recently and any
number of other neat "inventions" that</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2> are born out of both
need , creativity and the willingness to "dig in" and even fail along the way.
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2> Yes
there are many choices in the hardware store and by digging around for one
item I stumble across some nylon spacers , a threaded coupler,a neoprene
washer or who knows what that might complete that key leveling jig
I've had in my head for a while.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>I guess I'd like for you to
have as much fun as I do poking through the
thingamajigs.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>One of the clerks at my
local place saw me with my head in the bins and said
:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2> "Watcha
cookin' up this time?"</FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2> Best
wishes my Compadre ,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Tom Driscoll
RPT</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>P.S.I should mention
--- Forget the big box stores i.e. H.D. or Lowes and find the well
equipted local hardware place. The one with the old guy's smoking
cigarettes by the propane tank.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>They know where everything
is and also know when to leave you alone !</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew
Todd</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</A> ; <A
title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Muffler Hardware</DIV>
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<DIV>Because, to go into a hardware store and get the help you deserve can
be a loosing battle!</DIV>
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<DIV>There is a lot to consider when shopping for screws, you guys make it
sound easy! There is the thread count (no not your sheets), but
whether a screw has US threads or metric threads. Does the screw have
a flush head or a beveled head. Not to mention what kind of
screwdriver is required to turn it! When you take all that into
consideration and all these options have to turn out to one particular
screw, yes, it can be hard!</DIV>
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<DIV>That is why I was asking to see if there is another place. But
yes, I will give Yamaha a call.</DIV>
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<DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>this is the yamaha installed muffler system? If so call
Yamaha...what's so hard about a hardware store? get a number
of different sizes...</DIV>
<DIV>I think Quiet Keys is a "brand name" add on muffler...<BR><BR>David
Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA 94044<BR><BR></DIV>
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Original message<BR>From: "Matthew Todd"
<TODDPIANOWORKS@ATT.NET> </TODDPIANOWORKS@ATT.NET><BR>To: "Pianotech
List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> </PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 7/9/2008
3:49:25 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Muffler Hardware<BR><BR>
<DIV align=left>No way! I went to one today and picked up a few
things that didn't work. We're talkin about a zillion different
threads for one size screw! If someone had the exact specs on the
screws that would be great. I do not feel like spending my entire
day looking for the exact fit.</DIV>
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<DIV>I was just hoping a supply house would carry what I would need.
Or, I guess, Yamaha. Anyone else have any ideas?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you Tom, but no thank you.</DIV>
<DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Driscoll
<tomtuner@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000
size=2>Matthew,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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Looking for hardware? I'd try the hardware store.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>They have all sorts
of things in those little bins.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Best
wishes,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Tom --the hardware
store junkie--- Driscoll</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<A title=toddpianoworks@att.net
href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Muffler Hardware</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Does anyone know where to get some hardware for the
Quiet Keys System you commonly find on Yamaha U-1's? I am just
talking about the wingnut that goes on the bass side, and the two
little screws that go on the treble side, that are used to connect the
actual muffler bar.<BR><BR><BR>Thank you,<BR><BR>Matthew<BR>
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