yamaha

[John Ross]

Hi Les,
Regarding the small reamers for removal of the glue. The knurled portion is too
small.
I used one to remove the glue, I ended up blistering my fingers. So I modified
it to fit a combination handle. I now use a chuck in a power screwdriver.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

Avery Todd wrote:

> Les,
>
>     I agree with Roger here although if it was hot hide glue, it would be
> so much
> easier.
>     I think I have an extra reamer if you want to borrow it. :-)
>
> Avery
>
> At 01:19 AM 8/7/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hi Les,
> >            Just pulling on the springs with a pair of needle nose pliers
> >will uncoil the spring and pull most of the glue with it. The supply houses
> >sell a reamer for cleaning out these grooves, simple to use, and the job
> >will turn out perfect.
> >Roger
> >
> >
> >At 06:09 PM 06/08/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Is Steve Pearson still with Yamaha?     I sent a message to him at
> > >Yamaha.com, and it came back as undeliverable?
> > >
> > >So, I'll pose my question here.
> > >
> > >Yesterday, opening a 3-year old Yamaha P22, I discovered someone had
> > >"spilled" something in the piano. Wound strings had large sections of
> > >green on them, and regular strings, lots of rust.
> > >
> > >Strange thing is that several jack springs were broken, the broken ends
> > >having turned black, I suppose, from corrosion.
> > >
> > >I suggested to the school district they might want to replace the whole
> > >set of springs, since whatever it was had been spilled over the entire
> > >set of strings, and I'd be concerned about other springs breaking.  This
> > >poor thing will have to be restrung one of these days. Pretty sad.  I did
> > >have the smarts to get the band director and show him what was going on.
> > >
> > >       The springs seem to be brass.  Replace them with Yamaha springs, I
> > >suspect. But they're glued in, and I wonder how one gets the glue to
> > >release the old ones.
> > >
> > >Any advice?
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >les bartlett
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