On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Keith A. McGavern wrote: > > >Can anyone help with a troublesome squeak I'm getting from the brass pitman > >& the pads it contacts... > >Ken Strick > >e-mail: Strick@UConnVM.UConn.Edu > > In Albuquerque last year I heard Norm Neblett speak of a corrective measure > for this area when all elses fails. Not too certain how he goes about > accomplishing it, but the end results are something like the Yamaha pitman > concept. > > I believe he makes the hole larger where the brass rod travels through, > creates a pilot hole in the underlever lift rail and in the wood lever > where the brass rod contacts, and makes a wood dowel with a fluted pedal > pin and punching at each end. This thereby ends all contact with the area > that you say is causing the troublesome squeak. > > Maybe somebody here on the list has seen this fix in the PT Journal, or can > also confirm what I am recalling. > > Keith A. McGavern, RPT > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Oklahoma Baptist University > Shawnee, Oklahoma > Would this void the warrantee by modifying the design intent of the Steinway factory??? Dave Porritt SMU - Dallas
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