<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Hi David,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Replace the flanges on the first unit.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Save the flanges, and re-cord them at your convenience, for the the next job.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Yamaha Flange Cord Repair: Follow Up</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>After looking into both options, I think replacing the flange is by far much quicker than replacing the cord.  On these pianos (at least on this one) the flange is held in place by a butt plate which, when loosened, gives up the hammer assembly quite easily.  The method I found to be the best was to remove the rest rail (as previously suggested) and then remove every other assembly allowing them to dangle by the bridle strap (as also suggested).  Doing every other one prevented any spacing problems and made it easy to see if any traveling was necessary.  The time it takes to replace the flange is less than gluing even one side of the broken cord, not to mention the prep work.  No muss no fuss.  In this way, the job goes very quickly.  Even if one had to repin, I think replacing the flange is a faster  way to go.   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>