squeak

[Greg Newell]

Charles,
    There might be glue in the felt. You could try to replace the felt or
perhaps use VJ lube.

Greg

Charles Neuman wrote:

> I've got a small squeak in a vertical Renner action where the damper lift
> rod rubs against the felt of a damper lever. It only happens on one note.
>
> I gently scratched the felt a little to fluff it up some, and the squeak
> went away for a day, but then it came back.
>
> Is there any lubricant that could be used to cure this squeak? It's felt
> against metal. Or is there anything I can do to the felt?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
>
> P.S. In case you want to start from scratch here are the facts:
>    1) If you play the note, there is no squeak.
>    2) You hear the squeak when you press and release the damper pedal.
>    3) If you hold down that note while pressing and releasing the damper
> pedal, you don't hear the squeak.
>    4) If you manually lift the damper off the string on that one note and
> then press and release the damper pedal, you don't hear the squeak.
>    5) While you manually lift and release the damper lever of that one
> note, you don't hear the squeak.

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Greg Newell
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