Don, By the way, what brand of piano... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Susan Kline" <skline at peak.org> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Received: 3/22/2006 9:58:14 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] pedal squeal >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.
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