Hi Terry, I believe that the string is glued into the slot. There was a piano that needed this repair that used a flange much larger than todays available sizes ( Yamaha ) so I made a jig to hold the flanges so that they could be restrung. This process may have been writen up in the journal or in the archives. The string that was used in my repair was 100 pound test fishing line "Spider Line" verry thin and verry strong. Should outlast the piano<G> My Jig was simple, just a piece of 2 by 4 and finish nails. One nail to go through the flange screw whole one to hold the flange from moving and one to locate the length of the string. Clean out old glue and glue in new string<G> The only reason for making this repair is when the correct size of flange is not available Joe Goss ----- .. > > > Next is a Yamaha U1, serial# D 1212941..again if you can date this one too I > thank you in advance! My main question is about the hammer springs, which > are connected to a thread loop attached to the hammer butt flange..looks > like they're pressed in the little grooves on either side. Well, several are > broken, and I've never had to replace these, so any help in this area would > be greatly appreciated! > > Terry Peterson > Los Angeles, CA > Associate Member, PTG > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >
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