This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Willem, Size the hole with ca glue Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 5:18 AM Subject: Re: Your(butt flange) choice, please In a message dated 5/26/01 4:31:43 AM Central Daylight Time,=20 jajones2@FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU writes:=20 Willem,=20 I=E2=80=99ve heard this comment many times, however I have yet to = experience this. =20 About 1/2 of UW inventory is Yamaha and I don=E2=80=99t find the = but plate to be=20 a problem. We do regularly tighten screws and check regulation - = Yamaha=20 service bond. This happens approximately every 2 years. No doubt = this does=20 not happen in many venues. =20 I grant there is stress on the butt plate. Is there more stress = in the=20 plate than in the plateless flanges? My hunch is that most techs = feel the=20 design is the problem. I have to wonder if service isn=E2=80=99t = the problem. How=20 much vertical regulation is offered in =E2=80=98normal=E2=80=99 = service? =20 Hear those flanges clicking? Would you like fries with your=20 clicks??? =20 Joel=20 How old are these Yamahas, Joel? The problem I have run across is on = Y's that=20 are more than 10 years old. And the main problem seems to be that the = screw=20 hole wears out, and it can't be tighten any more. So now what do you = do?=20 Willem=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0f/ee/c7/98/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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