Meyer Carl wrote: > Questions: > What is the shelf life of medical tubing? I don't know. Good question. > Would player piano tubing ( neoprene?) be better etc. The clear tubing looks good and clean, I'd be less incline to use black neoprene. Also, although the material was flexible it was resilient enough to grip the shank tightly, It was easy and cheap to work with. > Would you glue it to the shank and what kind of glue would you use? No glue, nice tight wrap. > Are you using this for testing purposes, or permanent. Easily removable. > > I'm very impressed with you idea and I hope it can be developed to be a > useful procedure. I had heard about the Yamaha clip version but could not get any. I understood Yamaha was no longer supplying them. So I came up with this idea on my own as a substitute, searching for something easy and unobtrusive to add to the shank. Clear tubing wrap seems too easy not to try. I was using 1.5 inch segments on the shank. Apparently Ernie Juhn was on to this with an upright piano version of this solution. I was dealing with a grand action, and wrapping the shank. He was dealing with an upright action and wrapping the catcher. . Posted by Ken Swafford; retrieved this Ernie Juhn post from my "Saved" folder. Just for the record... U1 action too light for customer. Yamaha sells little "clip on "things" which go on the catcher and make the action "heavier" for those who feel that they want it to be (heavier). They call them touch weight adjusters and they can be moved forward or back on the catcher dowel and that makes them adjustable. A cheaper, just as good and my own idea is as follows: Get a piece of vinyl tubing 6/16 od - 3/16 id. (very cheap in hardware store). Cut 88 about 1/2 inch long pieces and with a single edge razor blade slit them open (easily done by standing them up on end). Finally slip them over the catcher dowels of the action. It is cheap, fast and above all - reversible in minutes. Ernie Juhn
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