Dave, I have had a number of Hallet Davis verticals that do what I call creek. I found the problem to be the bottom board creaking on the toe rail or the side of that area. I put a little felt in there for the bottom panel to rest on separating the high gloss finish of any two rubbing parts. Hope this helps. William PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire www.pianoboutique.biz The tuner alone, preserves the tone. _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of piannaman at aol.com Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:16 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: damper mechanism squeaks....argh! Hi All, I thought I could solve any damper pedal mechanism squeak, and up until recently, I've had pretty good luck. Then I met a recent model Hallet-Davis (Dongbei built, I believe) upright. I lubricated and tightened everything I could think of. Here's the list of things I tightened and lubed: Lubed damper flange centers (protek CLP) damper springs (teflon powder) damper lever felt with teflon(two weeks prior) and protek last night lift rod with protek all rod tips and linkage w/ special blend tightened all screws on the various rails pedal rod hinge screws all pedal brackets and fixture screws all damper flange screws all available case screws In addition, I inserted buckskin pieces in places where case parts were rubbing and replaced the rubber pieces where the pedal rod inserts into the lift rod with buckskin pieces Noise still there...argh! It sounds to me like it's the damper lever felt/lift rod interface. It doesn't happen when the pedal is first being used, say for 20-30 presses of the pedal. Then gradually, the creak comes back. I don't know what else to do. Did I miss anything? Any ideas? Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net http://dstahlpiano.net/ _____ <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=ht tp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fnewaol> Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061221/8087abdb/attachment.html
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