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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Another idea.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Get a new set from Yamaha.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>When you get the new set, install on the
piano.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Save the old set, and re-cord them at your
leisure. Then you have a set, ready to go, for your next
time.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 04, 2004 2:31 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha hammer spring cord
replacement, was Re: U1 hammer butt problem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">Terry,
<BR><BR>Tom Cole(and others) say they can replace the cords in 2 or 2 1/2
hours. Tom gave at a technical at a chapter meeting last year where he
gave a slide show and step-by-step instructions. <BR><BR>I've never done it
before, but I have a cord replacement job pending. I'm figuring on 4
hours as a first timer, counting learning curve. Fortunately, the piano
belongs to a store I contract for, so it's an ideal guinea pig situation.
<BR><BR>If the pinning is still good, most people seem to think it's faster to
do the cords than to replace the flanges. <BR><BR>Dave Stahl <BR><BR>In
a message dated 6/3/04 6:48:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Thank you, thank you, thank you pianotek wizzards! <BR><BR>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.
<BR><BR>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". <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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."
<BR><BR>Opened that sucker up and showed her about 30 broken hammer butt
cords. Man alive, she thought I was professor piano! <BR><BR>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! <BR><BR>BTW, how long does it take someone to
replace a set of flanges, or just the cord. Thanks for the 16th time!
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