sqeaky Langer actions

[Newton Hunt]

There are three major squeak sources on a vertical action.

The hangers for the lift rod, which you attended to,

The rod and the lever felt, harder to get to,

And the spring seats.

I prefer to spray teflon powder based lubricant onto the lever felt
using a tube and nozzle from a WD-40 containing (if they are
interchangeable) or remove or unscrew the damper stop rail and that will
give enough clearance to spray the felts directly.

Protek the spring seats or use a pencil to lubricate.  Only a little is
needed.

Also check the pitman ends, pedal prop, pedal pivot, springs and the
piano bottom board for squeak sources.

		Newton

> Ron & Lorene Shiflet wrote:
> 
> Liszt,
>   I've ran across a consistent problem in Langer actions in that they squeak.  The problem seems to be in the dampers.  Typically, the action will squeak when the damper pedal is depressed.  I usually pull the action, remove the damper lifter rods and lubricate the bushings with petroleum jelly.  Mostly this is done on Charles Walter Pianos but I have done it on some of the Kimballs with Langer actions there at the end.
>     I did this on a Walter about 3 months ago and it's squeaky again.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ron
> 
>