damper mechanism squeaks....argh!

[Dean May]

Too funny!

Dean

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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Kenneth Jankura
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:50 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: damper mechanism squeaks....argh!

I once tuned for a French teacher at a boarding school.
She wasn't home and there was a horrific squeak from the bottom board.
Not having my tilter, nor any wood wedges to stick under the piano,
I looked on her bookshelf and saw multiple copies of Sartre's 'Being  
and Nothingness' (in French).
I used one of them to prop up the bottom board and voila no more squeak.
I left a note explaining what I did and why, with the comment that  
Sartre was wrong,
existence does have both meaning and purpose.

Ken Jankura
Newville PA



On Dec 21, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Joseph Alkana wrote:

> Try bracing under the bottom board and see if the squeak goes away
> Joseph Alkana RPT
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> From: Gene Nelson
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> Subject: Re: damper mechanism squeaks....argh!
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