Yamaha Upright hammer flanges

Jon Page jonpage@attbi.com
Thu, 16 May 2002 06:03:04 -0400


At 12:55 AM 5/16/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi David,
>            It's probably cheaper to just replace the flanges, with the
>advantage of having new centre pinning. If you are going to replace the
>cord, Take one of the good flanges and a flange screw. Mount the flange on
>a piece of board, use a small panel nail and pull the loop taut, then
>hammer it into the board.
>  Remove flange, reinstall the flange screw in the hole, and cut the head
>off.  Now you have a simple jig to make all the loops the same length.
>Hope this helps.
>
>Regards Roger

Even easier is to wrap the cord around a dowel (appropriate size) and cut 
the cord along it's length.
You now have equal length cords to glue in place.

Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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