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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I had to replace hammer spring cords on a Yamaha U1 and it did not have the butt plates holding the hammers to center pin, so I was unable to use Jon Page’s protocol. Instead, after fighting with a few, I made this simple fixture and share for your amusement and so Joe the Tool Captain can tell me how I did it wrong. (just kidding, Joe)<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=84 style='width:63.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=228 height=171 id="_x0000_i1025" src="file:///C:\Users\Dean\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all>I figured out my little flush trimming saw was perfect for cleaning out the grooves. <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=36 style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=288 height=216 id="_x0000_i1026" src="file:///C:\Users\Dean\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image002.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all>The jig is simply a nail near the edge of the work bench that I drop the flange over. Using a trap work spring screwed to the bench next to it, I can lift the spring and put its hole over the nail as well, trapping the flange to the bench. <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=48 style='width:.5in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=234 height=271 id="_x0000_i1027" src="file:///C:\Users\Dean\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all>I trap the first end of the new cord under the trap spring as well<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I dab a tiny bit of thick CA into the grooves using my bulb syringe and then line the cord into the left groove. There is a nail in the front of the work bench as well that I wrap the cord around. Using tweezers I then pull it up into the other groove, hold it firmly then spray some accelerator, wait a few seconds, trim the excess and remove from the jig. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It’s ugly, but it works. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Dean<br><br>Dean May 812.235.5272 voice or text<br>PianoRebuilders.com <br>Terre Haute IN 47802<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/5992 - Release Date: 12/28/12<br>Internal Virus Database is out of date.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>