<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech-request@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 06, 2004 8:41 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Yamaha repair</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's a good post-full of tips from = Tom Driscoll, amongst which he says: "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> I put a = small amount of acetone on the slots and then immediately clean out the old = cord and slot with the chisel point of a small spade drill = bit."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>Tell you something that you can make to scrape the old cord ends from the flange = slots: get one of those plastic coat hangers with a metal hook. Remove the = plastic hangar. With your grinder or a file, reshape the end which was in the = plastic to resemble a hook similar to a soundboard crack scraper. The grinding = wheel has to have a sharp corner to do this. Then, in use, you simply hang on to the = big hook and drag that sharpened scraper towards you and remove all the = old glue and loop cord. I like the Acetone = bit.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Regards from a windy and variable Sussex-on-Sea</DIV> <DIV>Michael G (UK) TGIF</DIV> <DIV>Yup! That's what I did! I posted it to pianotech-request... Well. = All thumbs tonight! 9:15pm</DIV></BODY></HTML>