"Kawai-me-a-Wivah!"

[Mitch Staples]

Mark,

I've had good luck replacing that heavy coil spring on the trapwork with a
much lighter spring.  

Mitch Staples

At 10:30 AM 8/25/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I love the Kawai verticals, but servicing the sqeeeeeeky trapwork is a real
>pain!
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>The top-end is easy, I teflon-powder the rubber bushings til the pedal rods
>can be spun without sqeeks. The damper lift rod is also routine, lifting a
>section of damper levers at a time allows a quick pass over the rod and
>spoons with Protek or McLube to eliminate the "grinding" sound.
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>The problem (for me) is the metal jungle around the pedals.  Just how are we
>supposed to service pedal pivot bushings?  Or do they need it (nylon)?
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>After the top end is treated, if I have squeeks from below, I've had success
>with two things:
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>1.)  tightening any accessible screws.
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>2.) with the adjustment backed off (sustain pedal), I rotate the coil spring
>in it's seat, a 1/2 turn or so.
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>These things seem to work, but for how long.  Have I really done something
>or just "agitated" the real source of squeeks into "hiding" for a while?
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>Boo-hoo :>(
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>Mark Cramer
>Brandon University
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