<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Story & Clark Prelude 152</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Fred-</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Well...the customer bought this contraption contrary to my advice because she saw no reason to avoid such a good bargain....$5000 and shaped like a grand piano...</DIV> <DIV>And now you are challenging me to do good work on it!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed  :-(   Sutton</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fssturm@unm.edu href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">Fred Sturm</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">ed440@mindspring.com, College and University Technicians</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 3/31/2005 5:37:46 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Story & Clark Prelude 152</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Verdana>On 3/31/05 1:44 AM, "Ed Sutton" <ed440@mindspring.com> wrote:<BR><BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Verdana>A few weeks ago I tuned one where the squeak was in the rubber cup in the pedal heel.  I squirted some Pro-lube in the cup and the squeak stopped.  Pro-lube grease might have been better.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Verdana><BR>I find it better to remove the rubber cap and replace with two short, narrow strips of leather, laid crosswise in the hole (a tip I got from someone else on this list). A bit of powdered teflon on the leather for luck. I’ve found that those rubber cap squeaks almost always come back after lubrication, sometimes fairly quickly. Haven’t yet had a squeak with two strips of leather.<BR>Regards,<BR>Fred Sturm<BR>University of New Mexico <BR><BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>