[CAUT] pedal squeal

[Don]

Hi Susan,

I've already burnished telfon powder into the felt--the noise came back
after a number of months. What's worse is the piano is a two hour drive
from where I live--so I get "one kick at the can" every year. I'm hoping
for someone to post a "sure fire" cure. (hmmm fire...it is a reasonable
piano so a pint of gasoline and a match are not appropriate LOL)

Maybe I need to be "more agressive" with the felt and use an emery board on
it to "fuff" it up?

I do have a steamer device now too so may try that as well.

At 09:22 AM 3/22/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>At 08:30 AM 3/22/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>It is the rod against the damper lever felts.
>
>
>I see -- yes the cloth can get a glaze on it.
>
>What I've done is to remove the action, turn it around,
>and prop it up with a big C-clamp at the base of an action
>bracket, so it won't tip over easily (or put it into
>an action cradle). Then I push on a batch of the levers,
>so that a small space opens between the rod (and spoons)
>and the cloth, and rub the cloth with teflon powder on
>a wedge of scrap hammer cloth. The rubbing helps to
>break up the glaze, even aside from the teflon powder.
>
>A little hard on the knuckles (human), but not too difficult.
>Afterwards, work the rod extremely slowly, with your ear
>next to the action, to see if you've missed any.
>
>Susan 
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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