I should also add, when I lift the dampers off of the tray by their sostenuto tabs, and raise/lower the tray alone, it does not creak. It creaks only with the weight of the dampers resting on it...but, it's not the underlever flanges that are creaking...or, so I presume when I check them individually. I have even tefloned the felt of the lift tray for where the underlevers contact it, and still creaks. Ugh. :-) Barbara Nobbe, RPT Pitch Perfect 859-489-4793 barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com -----Original Message----- From: "Barb Nobbe" <barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 21:59:51 To: PTG<pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Creaky damper lift tray Hello list, This is something I've run across a few times and just haven't found an easy, dependable solution. I have found on certain Asian grand pianos with the aluminium damper lift tray, the tray will creak at just the slightest lift. Of course, it's really amplified when the pedal is used to its full extent. I've tried a variety of lubes and sprays to get way back there, but nothing I found really works. Has anyone else come across this, and if so, what was your cure for this noisy nuisance? Thanks in advance, Barbara Nobbe, RPT Pitch Perfect 859-489-4793 barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com
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