>Dear Friends, > >I got to thinking about this "which is more efficient" process, replacing >flanges vs. replacing thread. <<TEXT DELETED>> >Since I have never done a complete replacement of either process, I can't >say which is faster. But based on what I have just extrapolated, I would >have to go with replacing the cord first, hands down, before replacing the >flanges. If there are some missing details, please let me know. > >Keith A. McGavern, RPT Keith, I have done this repair both ways and (trust me on this one), it's faster to replace the old flanges with new ones. Yamaha parts are manufactured to such close tolerances that traveling is minimal and you are going to have to do all the other steps you mentioned anyway. It really is quicker to replace flanges in this particular situation. Tom Seay t.seay@mail.utexas.edu The University of Texas at Austin PIANOTECH Digest 207 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: hammer butt springs by kam544@ionet.net (Keith A. McGavern) 2) Re: Steinway pitman by David Porritt <dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu> 3) Re: Voicing depth by allen@pengar.com 4) Replacing strings: coil winding by allen@pengar.com 5) Re: Voicing depth by "Dean L. Reyburn, RPT" <75601.2765@compuserve.com> 6) Re Steinway Pitman by Kenneth Sloane <Kenneth_Sloane@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu> 7) strike point by rwest@unlinfo.unl.edu (richard west) 8) Re: hammer butt springs by Gilreath@aol.com 9) Re: Petrof by Gilreath@aol.com 10) Piano WWW sites by Gilreath@aol.com 11) Re: Pin Dope AND Hot Stuff AND Dampp-Chasers by DBHersh@aol.com 12) Re: Steinway pitman by A440A@aol.com 13) Re: Pin Dope AND Hot Stuff AND Dampp-Chasers by A440A@aol.com 14) Re: hammer butt springs by Wippen@aol.com 15) Re: Steinway pitman by Wippen@aol.com 16) Harpsichord wire & supplies by STRICK@UConnVM.UConn.Edu 17) Re: Pin Dope AND Hot Stuff AND Dampp-Chasers by ATodd@UH.EDU 18) Re: Voicing depth by raskobrg@skypoint.com (Richard Raskob) 19) Re: Steinway pitman by Newton Hunt <nhunt@rci.rutgers.edu> 20) Re: Pin Dope AND Hot Stuff AND Dampp-Chasers by TACOLE9675@aol.com 21) Harpsichord parts source by ATodd@UH.EDU 22) Historical Temperaments by ATodd@UH.EDU 23) Re: Pin Dope AND Hot Stuff AND Dampp-Chasers by Vince Mrykalo <REEVESJ@ucs.byu.edu> 24) Re: strike point by Vince Mrykalo <REEVESJ@ucs.byu.edu> 25) Help by JeffD10531@aol.com 26) Re: pin dope by Jim_Harvey@yca.ccmail.compuserve.com 27) Re: geometry/friction by Jim_Harvey@yca.ccmail.compuserve.com 28) Re: Freezing! by Jim_Harvey@yca.ccmail.compuserve.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 06:55:38 -0600 From: kam544@ionet.net (Keith A. McGavern) To: pianotech@byu.edu Subject: Re: hammer butt springs >...I have done this repair both ways and (trust me on this one), it's faster >to replace the old flanges with new ones... >Tom Seay >t.seay@mail.utexas.edu >The University of Texas at Austin Thank you, Tom. I trust you. Keith A. McGavern, RPT kam544@ionet.net Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee
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