If it is the pedal bracket assembly, one possibility would be to interexchange that whole bracket with the middle pedal bracket assembly. They should be the same size. See if that does it. I have also placed a very thin piece of felt through the hole in the plastic before I placed the brass insert back in to take up any possible gaps. I've also placed a very thin piece of felt between the plastic inserts as well to eliminate that small gap. Not fun getting it back together always, but it works. From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of allan at sutton.net Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 12:43 AM To: Pianotech at Ptg. org Subject: [pianotech] Pedal "tick" Happy new year everybody. I Always Find The Source of a Noise But not this time! Yamaha C-109 from 1988. I tried everything I know. Usually, the plastic bushings are worn and switching them with the ones from the other pedal, less used, corrects the situation. Done that, but the "tick" was still there. I switched the connecting rod (with the wing nut) that has a plastic seat beneath the pedal) ...tic . isolated that rod from the hole it is going through with leather ...tic I switched the plastic cup that the spring sits in....tic A squeak may come from the floor of the piano that has come loose. Prying the floor up sometimes shows this as the source....tic Any idea from your knowledge? Thank you. Allan Sutton www.pianotechniquemontreal.com _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 091231-0, 12/31/2009 Tested on: 12/31/2009 12:43:42 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091231/77283fb2/attachment.htm>
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