[CAUT] pedal squeal

[Susan Kline]

Hi, Don

A two-hour drive complicates matters.

If you still want to stay with the felts you have (felt, not cloth?)
you could remove the pedal rod, polish the contact area with Flitz,
then spray it with a dry lube like teflon spray.

If you have a good woven action cloth of the right thickness, you could
cut yourself long strips of the right width (rotary cutter and
big mat with a metal straight edge) and take them and some
Elmer's with you, in case you decide to replace. Of course, if you
have the levers off to replace the cloth, you can then clean and lube
the rod.

I think that felt glazes more easily than cloth.

Oh, have fun ...

Susan

At 11:38 AM 3/22/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>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.