<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I had a Yamaha, with one broken cord on a hammer flange. Customer didn't want a full replace, even although I explained, they were all the same age.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>So went to my van for a spare, instead of getting the cord and gluing. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>My spares were all brown, and rotted as well. I haven't had to do one in years.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>So check your spares, and replace the cord now, before you need them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>