This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Dave, Take the ser. # and check with Yamaha, it may still be in warranty. If = so they would probably supply new flanges. Otherwise a set from Schaff #3809 is $32.83. Although there was a rumour that they are no longer allowed to sell = Yamaha parts, because of the grey/ wet problem. I don't know how true = that is. If some broke the rest will break within a short time. Fishing line or dial cord make an acceptable substitute. Determine the = length and get a suitable piece of dowel, wrap around for how many you = need and slice with a razor blade. Make a jig a piece of wood with two nails the proper distance apart, put = the screw hole of the flange in one and wrap the cord around the other = one, gluing them in the previously cleaned slot where the rotten one = was. The butt flange cord is also available at Schaff #3843, it comes in 14 = ft lengths @ $1.28 ea. Good luck. Regards,=20 John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia. jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message -----=20 From: PNHISTIC1@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:44 AM Subject: Yamaha upright hammer spring thread Hello list,=20 I recently encountered a problem on a late model P-2/P-22 (not sure = which....:-) Yamaha upright that is in a church choir practice room. I = was called in to repair some "notes that don't work." Pretty nebulous = problem, no? I got there, and discovered that several of the threads = that hold the tension in the hammer springs had broken. I removed the = offending hammers and a hammer with a good thread to get a sizing model. = I barely tugged on the thread, and it broke right in the middle, where = the spring pulls it taut. =20 I did not have any of this type of thread available, so I found some = fairly hefty sewing thread, braided it as best I could for strength, and = repaired the broken ones with it. I figured that at some point soon, = all of these would have to be replaced. The piano couldn't have been = more than 5-6 years old. I would expect a piano made for institutional = purposes to be far more durable than this. =20 I've seen older P-22s last forever. The new ones seems to be = constructed of lesser quality materials. Any comments? Does Yamaha = sell this thread/cord/string by the spool? =20 Thanks,=20 Dave Stahl=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d8/3c/30/46/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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