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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeannie, Thanks for the advice.. One =
piano is grey
market and one was a traditional import Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jgrassi@silverlink.net =
href="mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net">Jeannie
Grassi</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 18, =
2000 1:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: yamaha butts</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
class=380324917-18092000>Hi
Tom,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
class=380324917-18092000>I'm
just getting ready to do one of these such actions on Wednesday. =
The U3
in question is a grey market Yamaha. I've never encountered this =
problem
on American-bound uprights. I believe, and judging from past
discussions, that replacing all of the flanges is the most
efficient/economical way to proceed. Since they are readily =
available,
why bother with tiny pieces of cord? Others on the List have =
become
rather proficient and even have jigs set up to do the
string replacing, but the first time is always the slowest and I =
prefer
not taking the time to learn on a customer's piano. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
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luck with yours.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=380324917-18092000>Jeannie</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeannie Grassi, RPT</FONT> <BR><FONT =
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
owner-pianotech@ptg.org
[mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of</B> Tom
Driscoll<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 17, 2000 5:51 =
PM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> yamaha =
butts<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fellow Techs, In the past month =
I've had 2
Yamaha studios, Late 70,s With deteriorated spring cords( excuse the =
nomenclature) >Is this material something other than silk?> =
Its light
brown in color and will crumble to the touch.Also your =
opinions on
wheather to replace the whole set of butts or to replace this =
material (with
silk) on the existing butts (action centers good on both =
pianos)I
guess this is a cost vs labor question. Thanks for any
responses < Tom
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