On Tue, 4 Jul 1995, MR GARRET E TRAYLOR wrote: > -- [ From: Garret E. Traylor * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] -- > > I have a client with a squeaking pedal on her "BB". This is a five > year old instrument. Technicians have tried to eliminate the squeak > applying various types of lubricants and inverting the felt to give a > new bearing surface. The lady is concerned that this is a "factory > defect". I am sure that there is a solution. Your advice would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thank you for your help > Garret Tryalor > Assoiciate Washington D.C. > > One who does not read has no advantage over one who does! > > Garret, Just this past week I serviced two (count 'em, two) instruments that had damper heads rubbing against the plate--but they produced a sound more like a grunt than a squeak. When I worked for a piano dealer, I frequently had to re-align pedal lever mechanisms in upright pianos to get them to stop sqeaking (I lubed everything, only re-aligning helped). Barbara Richmond Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois brichmon@titan.iwu.edu
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC