Schimmel upright damper pedal squeak

[Greg Newell]

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Robin,
         This might be a long shot but you might check the damper lever 
felt and see if it was impregnated with too much glue from the factory. 
It's happened before ...... don't ask.

Greg Newell



At 09:57 AM 12/18/2002, you wrote:

>I'm reposting my question because AOL formatting made it difficult to read 
>the first time.  Thank you for your patience.
>
>I need some advice on eliminating a squeak from my customer's Schimmel 
>upright, serial #332199. This will be my second callback on the 
>problem.  At first, the noise seemed to be coming from a bit of debris 
>between one of the spoons and the lifter rod, but a few hours after I 
>left, the problem recurred. I went back and once again tried to isolate 
>where the squeak was coming from. At first, it sounded like it was near 
>the pedal rod to action connection, but then it seemed to be at the pedal 
>itself. I took the pedal bracket apart and lubricated the pins and 
>tightened everything down. There seemed to be some space between the pedal 
>rod and the plastic bracket allowing some movement, but not enough space 
>to insert even a thin cardboard punching. I thought I had really found the 
>problem in the metal ring that connects the pedal and trap lever. I 
>lubricated every moving part I could find with either Protek or Prolube. I 
>played the pedal about 400 times, had the customer play a! couple of 
>songs, and the squeak was gone. We were very relieved. Yesterday, two 
>weeks and one day since my last visit, the customer called complaining 
>that the squeak is back. I would appreciate any and all advice for my 
>appointment with her tomorrow either via the list or to my email account, 
>LadyPianoTuner.com.  Thank you one and all.  Sincerely, Robin Flint, Hull, MA
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Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net 

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