Puzzler TWO

[Richard Brekne]

David Andersen wrote:
> 
> >Problem 2 : Nasty squeek when using either the middle or
> >right pedal, only once in a while when using the left pedal.
> >Took 2 or 3 minutes to hunt down. Pedals have felt inserts
> >to bush the brass rods, trapwork uses both felt in wood
> >bushings and those plastic in metal, leather on the levers
> >to meet the rods, unknown black cloth type for rod bushings
> >in the lyre, lyre support rods mounted somewhat similiar to
> >S&S grands except the rods were brass.
> 
> I ran into this on a Grotrian;  it was the entire lyre moving slightly
> and the polyester squeaking.
> Shimmed the lyre supports-----squeaks gone.

That was exactly the symptom here. I had to remove the lyre
and put some felt in the bottom of both holes for the rod,
on the lyre and on the underside of the keybed, to get the
thing tight enough to hold. 



> 
> David Andersen