Noisy Steinway Wippens

[Horace Greeley]

Susan, et al,

At 08:54 PM 11/4/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>At 11:21 PM 11/04/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi List:
>>Came across a 1975 Steinway with teflon bushings today.  Wippens in the bass

etc

>One other thing you might check: see if the spring is making noise against 
>the teflon post that is now used instead of bushing cloth around a center 
>pin, to hold the rep spring in. I've known it to make a click. To test it, 
>you might push out one teflon post and put in a piece of good, 
>old-fashioned damper cord, and see if the noise goes away.
>
>Susan Kline

Not forgetting to put a center pin in through the damper cord to keep the 
whole bloody mess from
pulling out.  Good fix.

Horace