[Rhodes22-list] Gooseneck failure

[Chris Geankoplis]

No special nautical names for Stan’s special doohickies. Yes gooseneck
slider works well

On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 2:14 PM Rodney Brown <rnelson204 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chris, my bad on poor nomenclature. I was referring to the rectangular
> plastic side that the goose neck connects to. I’m not sure what of it’s
>  technical name.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 30, 2022, at 13:08, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Not sure what you mean by slider, Rod. The faceplate in the picture is
> very
> > long in the tooth. Probably 15 years old. He will need to make all the
> > plastic parts associated with the imf furling system. He is a guitar and
> > bouzouki maker so is very good with his hands and has a lot of tools, and
> > by patience.
> >
> >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 1:41 PM Rodney Brown <rnelson204 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> That’s a super clever solution. I’m curious, what is the material that
> he
> >> used to replace the slider with?
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Apr 30, 2022, at 11:16, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all, Chris G from Rhodes in the Med. Well I’m not but the Rhodes.
> >> Before
> >>> the new owner (Grigoris) could return it back to his island of Aegina
> the
> >>> gooseneck failed. He did a great temporary repair with some materials
> on
> >>> board. See pictures.  Anyway he will use the old parts as a template to
> >>> make a new set. I cannot recall what the material that Stan uses. Any
> >>> timely help would be muchly appreciated.
> >>> Chris Geankoplis
> >>> Enosis
> >>> Ps. I will pick up a large ss hose clamp and keep it on my other
> Rhodes.
> >>> Good thing to have on board.
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