Squeaking knuckles - best treatment?

Roger Jolly baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca
Mon, 08 Nov 1999 10:24:35 -0600


Hi Bill,
          It's the only way to fly, unless you change the knuckles. Minor
reshaping with a strip of 220 grit sand paper can help.
Roger

At 01:38 AM 08/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I recently tuned two import grands with significant squeaks on every note as 
>the key began to be depressed. In neither case did I have the time to pull 
>the action to confirm diagnosis, but I expect to return and treat the 
>knuckles. 
>
>What is currently the BEST standard practice in eliminating the problem. I 
>understand that a number of techs are using powdered Teflon products.  Is 
>there a consensus on using these products?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Bill Simon
>Phoenix
> 
Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505


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