Squeaky U-3/what kind of lube?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi David,
Check on my site. Two sizes available.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: Squeaky U-3/what kind of lube?


> 
> Yeah, but where can I get it...;-]
> 
> On 7 Jun 2002 at 23:07, Joe And Penny Goss wrote:
> 
> > Hi Dave,
> > I use Ballistol aerosol on metal to plastic friction.
> > Joe Goss
> > imatunr@srvinet.com
> > www.mothergoosetools.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <PNHISTIC1@AOL.COM>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 10:40 PM
> > Subject: Squeaky U-3/what kind of lube?
> > 
> > 
> > > List,
> > >
> > > I was tuning a 15-20 year old gray market U-3 today.  Not a bad
> > > piano at
> > all,
> > > except for the occasional rattle-squeak-creak on a few select notes.
> > >  The owner of the piano is a PHD candidate in piano performance at
> > > North Texas State, so I determined to find the cause of the problem.
> > >
> > > After finishing the tuning, I removed the action, tightened every
> > > screw I could find, but the noises were still there.  I removed the
> > > whippen of the worst offender, did nothing special other than check
> > > for looseness, then removed and examined a jack spring.  Found
> > > nothing out of the ordinary,
> > and
> > > put it back in, then replaced the whippen.  The noise was gone.  I
> > > deduced(eventually....:-)  that the jack spring was rubbing on the
> > > side of the jack near the nipple that holds it in place.  I took all
> > > of the noisy springs out and bent them ever-so-slightly so they
> > > wouldn't rub, and
> > voila!!
> > > Noises were gone.
> > >
> > > Does anybody regularly use ProTek or any other lubricant on these
> > > plastic jacks and springs?  I'd like to treat all of the jacks next
> > > time I go
> > back,
> > > because it's a certainty that more will act up in the next 6 months.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Dave Stahl
> > >
> > > PS  Made me feel good to hear a Bach Partita being played as I
> > > walked down her apartment stairs!  It's nice to tune for somebody
> > > who really
> > appreciates
> > > it and benefits from it.  She even slipped me a tip!
> > 
> 
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