This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I would bet it will come back unless the flange screws were= loose...not likely with the metal rail...I'd take micro-fine= teflon powder and apply it to knuckles and wippen cushions. I= have come across problems with Kawais and center pin squeeks. = Too much glue in the bushing cloth...? Reaming the bushing and= re-pinning solves the squeek, but replacing the bushing cloth or= flange would be the best bet. This is the black jack= action...? All plastic? David I. Original message From: To: Received: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 02:13:27 EST Subject: Kawai RX-2 squeaky whippens This is about a warranty service call. The client is complaining= about noisy keys on a new RX2 she purchased in October. When I= try the piano I hear a loud leathery kind of squeak on just= about every key.. The first thing that comes to my mind is jack= against knuckle kind of sound. I take the action out, lift the hammers out of the way and push= up on the whippens by hand, the squeak is still there, so it's= not the jacks and it's not the capstans. Everything looks= properly aligned, nothing seems to be rubbing against anything= but all the whippens squeak, some louder than other, but all 88= do. I decide to take one out to get a closer look. It looks= normal, I wiggle the jack, the repetition lever, the flange, no= problem. I screw it back on the rail and then the squeak is= gone! So all I did then was loosen every single single flange screw a= couple of turns and screwed them back in. And that took care of= the problem. But I am still puzzled. Then back at the store I tried another RX-2 and sure enough, it= squeaks too. Not as loud, not as distracting, you really have to= listen for it, but it's there. I tried my trick with the flange= screws on that one but it did not make any difference. Any comments, ideas? Jean-Luc Matton, RPT (new RPT) Albuquerque NM ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/27/e6/94/70/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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