<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You probably won't like the effects of graphite on light pants, so you might want to carefully clean it off the key bed. (other than a bit at the glides)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The other keyframe contact areas are the dags at the back, the spring, the end-pins and the shift lever.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006></SPAN><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Try pump the pedal very slowly and see if the squeak gets louder... it's often the spring. Does it sound like a shiny metal against shiny varnish  type of squeak? </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Try cleaning it and coating with dry teflon spray, then lightly sand the wooden side of the keyframe with fine paper and work some teflon powder in.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>For end-pins I really like that clear synthetic grease Pianotek sells.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The other two areas are least likely to sqeak, in my experience anyhow.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>good luck,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mark Cramer,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Brandon University</FONT> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500190323-21112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Leslie Fitzpatrick<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:18 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Ptg List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] squeak<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=373530818-21112006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello, I hav a estonia grand probably a 6 foot it has a squeak when you depress the soft pedal I graphited the key bed and it totally stopped. But a day later it is back worse than ever. I also adjusted the glides that were not adjusted properly I sure need help with this one. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Les Fitzpatrick </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=2> <P><http://www.fitzsupershop.com</P></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Piano Technician</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ham call sign </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>K5FPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>