<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry  Your right of course it is = the flanges not the butts . Sounds like a no brainer @ that cost. Any thoughts on = the nature of that origional material?  Thanks ,Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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, September 17, = 2000 9:15 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: yamaha butts</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I need to order a set for a Yamaha vertical that I = service. I called Yamaha and they have them available. They told me the price. = I forget exactly what it was, but is was super-cheap - like on the order of $10 = for a whole set. BUT, it's not the BUTT, is it? Isn't the cord on the = flange? I think my price is for a set of flanges.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, = Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <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=tomtuner@mediaone.net = href="mailto:tomtuner@mediaone.net">Tom Driscoll</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, September 17, = 2000 8:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> yamaha butts</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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 Driscoll></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>