<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <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 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Thank you, thank you, thank you pianotek wizzards!</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think someone mentioned on this = thread a bit back that double striking on a Yamaha vertical might be related to broken = hammer butt spring cords.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have seen the broken butt spring = cords many times but have not been able to tell the piano owner what problem that might = cause - because the notes still seem to "function".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I went to tune a 1970 (or so) Yamaha = console (for the third time) today and after I asked how the piano had been = doing since the last tuning she said that several notes would double strike the = string when playing softly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I immediately put on my thinking cap = and said (before opening up the piano) that it is likely one of two things: = either the action is way out of regulation or a number of hammer = butt cords have broken - "maam, that is a common problem on = Yamahas."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Opened that sucker up and showed her = about 30 broken hammer butt cords. Man alive, she thought I was professor piano! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks folks, this thread really didn't = excite me too much, but I know it is something that I haden't dealt with before, = so I had been reading them. Good thing. Thanks, thanks, thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW, how long does it take someone to = replace a set of flanges, or just the cord. Thanks for the 16th time!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>