<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>If the hinges were= torn out of the piano, it went through some kind of abuse so I= wouldn't blame it on soft wood.</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Gevaert= Pierre <<A= href="mailto:pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net">pierre.gevaert@belgaco= m.net</A>><BR>To: <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec= eived: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 22:19:54 +0200<BR>Subject: Yamaha = hinges</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last week I had a demand for fixing= two identical problems on two Yamaha G3 pianos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Both have the hinges and screws= teared out of the rim.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(this could confirm the use of to= soft woods in the Yamaha rims as explained by Larry= Fine?) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As woodworkings is not(yet) of my= speciallity, I'd like to know what is the best way to fix= this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought about chissel out the lose= wood and gluing a new pičce of hardwood with epoxy and bore new= holes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could it be possible to fix this in= less than 3 hours with fast hardening epoxy or another glue? (on= of the clients asks)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre Gevaert,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Belgium</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>