<div dir="ltr">Marshall, <div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">You said:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra" style>
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium">I encountered a Yamaha console today ... the two little </span><span class="" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium">nuts</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium"> are missing for the turn buckle/</span><span class="" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium">linkage</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium">. I thought I'd head to the hardware store tomorrow before I head back to tune it.</span><br>
</div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Bruce Browning said</div><div class="gmail_extra"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra" style>
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">... take the turnbuckle with you to the hardware store, match the size thread by trying a bolt in the hole ...</span><br></div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">That way you can test various bolt/machine screw sizes in the hardware store and easily be certain of getting the correct size. One of them will be a left-hand thread, meaning that the threads spiral the opposite way of "normal" (or right-hand) threads. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Be sure not to try to jam a right-hand thread bolt into the left-hand thread end of the turnbuckle, or you'll be buying a new turnbuckle, assuming the hardware store HAS a turnbuckle that matches the threads of the linkage rods.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>All that said, I think I've seen lots more muffler-rail linkage rod adjusters without lock nuts than with. But I suppose if it's used regularly, there may be a tendency for the turnbuckle to creep, which would warrant lock nuts.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Paul Bruesch</div><div class="gmail_extra">Stillwater, MN<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Marshall Gisondi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pianotune05@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font size="3" face="Arial">Hi Terry & Ron,</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">I at times get a buddy too when I'm in the customers house. As my brother in law told me at lunch today, I'm the stranger in their house or foreigner. So I just try to deal with it if the little pup is a real pain. I love dogs, but it gets on my nerves when I cannot leave the tool box open and have to keep closing it when they come around and then start working again, messes up my concentration etc. I had a cat the other day sniffing the action that I had on the floor. I thought that was too funny. Do cats like wool? Dogs can be fun. I had one yesterday that would just lay there by me while I tuned the piano a lab cocker mix. </font><br>
<font size="3" face="Arial"></font> <br><font size="3" face="Arial">On a different note, I started getting this list from "region one ptg" Is this the new pTG list everyone's talking about? I tried to post to it but needed a user name and ID. so I have to look up my member number. It reminds me more of a message board. It also has more of website look/feel to it rather than an e-mail interface. I like it better in that the print is so crisp and dark and even. On here, the font can vary so much in size and color. </font><br>
<font size="3" face="Arial"></font> <br><font size="3" face="Arial">Also, I am still curiuos as to the intent of the comment made about my needing a nut for the linkage of the Yamaha muffler rail. Someone here said that "the smart thing to do. would be to take the turn buckle to the hard ware store etc..." This is sort of a visual thing and that's why I asked about what size nut I should get for this. </font><br>
<font size="3" face="Arial">Have a good one</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">Marshall<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></font><span><font color="#888888"><br><br>
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