CLP takes on crunchy snow and loses (almost)

[Clyde Hollinger]

Keith,

Thanks for being gentle (sigh of relief).  Both of your suggestions sound
superior to what I did, but both would require removing the action, which I
didn't have time to do and hate doing anyway on spinets.  But I'm still puzzled
why the noises initiallyh got worse.

I checked the damper lever springs and the hammer butt springs.  It wasn't
either of those.

Clyde

kam544@flash.net wrote:

> If the noise was from the damper lever lift bar, the best method is to
> remove it and polish it with Brasso and wipe clean.  Then a light coating
> of Protek MLP-1 where the damper lever lift pads will come in contact.
>
> If the noise was coming from the spoons, lightly applying Protek MLP-1
> eliminates the sounds from that area.
>
> Another area where sounds like you describe might be coming from are the
> damper lever springs in the grooves.  I physically scrape the felt punching
> or wood where the spring rests, then put Protek MLP-1 in that spring groove
> with a tool that is similar to a capstan lost motion tool, but much smaller
> in diameter.
>
> Gentle enough?
>
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA