<!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 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=PNHISTIC1@AOL.COM href="mailto:PNHISTIC1@AOL.COM">PNHISTIC1@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 10, 2002 = 7:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha upright hammer = spring thread</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hello list, <BR><BR>I = did not have any of this type of thread available, so I found some fairly = hefty sewing thread, braided it as best I could for strength, and repaired the = broken ones with it.  <BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Dave, = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     Yamaha  = has a replacement for this piano, as long as it is not an  evil = grey market piano. It comes with the cord wrapped around a cardboard spool = that will give you the exact length needed when cut down it's length. I = posted a technique for this repair which I've improved after added suggestions = from our esteemed list. This job can be done in less than two hours. Search the = archives. You can also buy the silk cord by the yard from Schaff = .   Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>