Dave - Did you check that there is absolutely no play between the action brackets and the bolts in the keybed that they rest on? I have found insidious squeaks originating from that interface on more than one occasion. Mark Potter piannaman at aol.com wrote: Hi All, I thought I could solve any damper pedal mechanism squeak, and up until recently, I've had pretty good luck. Then I met a recent model Hallet-Davis (Dongbei built, I believe) upright. I lubricated and tightened everything I could think of. Here's the list of things I tightened and lubed: Lubed damper flange centers (protek CLP) damper springs (teflon powder) damper lever felt with teflon(two weeks prior) and protek last night lift rod with protek all rod tips and linkage w/ special blend tightened all screws on the various rails pedal rod hinge screws all pedal brackets and fixture screws all damper flange screws all available case screws In addition, I inserted buckskin pieces in places where case parts were rubbing and replaced the rubber pieces where the pedal rod inserts into the lift rod with buckskin pieces Noise still thereâ¦..argh! It sounds to me like it's the damper lever felt/lift rod interface. It doesn't happen when the pedal is first being used, say for 20-30 presses of the pedal. Then gradually, the creak comes back. I don't know what else to do. Did I miss anything? Any ideas? Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net http://dstahlpiano.net/ --------------------------------- Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061221/9182774b/attachment.html
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