Dave, I suspect the teflon is doing the job by sticking to the cushion. You might try rubbing the capstans with a block of hammer felt while still in the piano,followed by a shot of mclube on the capstans . {careful of masking the strings from the spray} shouldn't take more than a few minutes. Tom Driscoll----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Doremus <algiers_piano@bellsouth.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:56 PM Subject: Yamaha upright noises > I just got back from a warranty call to a school where a Yamaha WX1 > was squeaking like crazy. It turned out to be the plastic > capstan/whip cloth interface, a serious application of powdered > teflon stopped it. I'm wondering if anyone else has heard this and, > if so, if it will come back. If it does I'm going to assume it has to > do with the factory lubrication on the plastic parts, I'd have to > take the keys and buff and relube the capstans. It was a loud noise > and made the piano fairly useless for teaching. > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > -- > > > > --Dave > > > ----------------------------- > Dave Doremus > Algiers Piano Works > > Tuning and Restoration of > Modern and Historical > Stringed Keyboard Instruments > > New Orleans > algiers_piano@bellsouth.net > ------------------------------ >
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