----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Richmond To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Noisey pedal bracket I had to rebush many hanger brackets YC pianos a long time ago. I don't know what they were contaminated with, but no lubricant would quiet them. Maybe an adhesive had seeped through the felt. The problem then wasn't rebushing, but working with the damaged screw heads that held the brackets in place. I remember calling the YC service rep at the time and asking for screws to have on hand. He sent some and they were damaged, too. Apparently he had taken them off a junked action... Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois Barbara, That's when a trip to the hardware store for pan head self tapping sheet metal screws will solve the problem. As for the contaminated cloth in the brackets I had an issue with Walter verticals (1990's) with the same problem. The cloth was hard as a piece of plastic when removed. The symptom was a click when the key was released whilst the damper pedal was halfway engaged. The rod was rotated away from rest and the levers would impact the rod when the key was released causing the hanger to click inside the petrified bushings. That one took me a while to figure out. Best to you, Tom D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101116/a673c4ca/attachment.htm>
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