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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:jon.page@verizon.net" =
title=jon.page@verizon.net>Jon Page</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 23, 2001 =
4:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Yamaha Butt Spring =
Cord</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>At 11:25 AM 08/23/2001 -0700, you =
wrote:<BR>
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5- Precut the cords. I wrapped the cord around an old
#88<BR>keytop 88 times and cut them all at once
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<DIV><BR>Why not just glue one side. Loop the cord around an =
appropriate
guide,<BR>for loop-length the glue in the other side and cut with a =
razor
blade?<BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> I found that trying to =
manipulate the
cords after gluing tends to pull them out of the slot. Also =
precutting
them as described takes about 5 minutes and ensures a very consistant =
size
loop on all the flanges. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Tom
D.</FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=3>Jon Page, =
piano
technician<BR>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<BR><A
href="mailto:jon.page@verizon.net"
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href="mailto:jon.page@verizon.net" eudora="autourl">.net</A><BR><A =
href="http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/"
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