[pianotech] Baldwin Pedal with squeaky rubber grommet

[Loren Kelley]

Thanks Dean, I'll keep all this in mind.

Loren

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean May" <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Baldwin Pedal with squeaky rubber grommet


> Hi Loren
>
> Welcome to the list. Lots of wisdom, lots of opinions, lots of 
> curmudgeons.
> :-)
>
> I suspect your squeak is not coming from where you think. That joint of 
> lift
> rod to the back of pedal is always the first one I condemn as being the
> cause, it it almost never is. I've found the two most common are the pedal
> pivots and the connection at the top of the lift rod. Other places to look
> obviously are at all the trap work pivots and every place with sliding
> friction.
>
>
> Dean
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Loren Kelley
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 1:13 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] Baldwin Pedal with squeaky rubber grommet
>
> Hello Everyone ~
>
> I'm new to this list.  It's fun to read all the stuff that goes back and
> forth.
>
> Last month I tuned a Baldwin Grand (dang, I didn't get the serial #) that
> had a pedal noise.  The damper pedal had a sort of squeak where the lift 
> rod
> sits in a rubber grommet.  I could not lift the rod out of the grommet
> because there was a pin holding it in, like a center pin.  I wanted to
> remove it so I could do a good job of lubricating it, but no luck.  I 
> tried
> to use my center pin tool, but the other pedal was too close and 
> interfered.
>
> I ended up spraying dry teflon into it as I flexed it, trying to help the
> stuff get down into the grommet.  It worked at the time, but the customer
> called back recently and said the sound was back.  She said that other 
> techs
> had fixed it before, but it comes back.  I'm guessing they had the same
> problem I did.
>
> Perhaps it is necessary to remove the pedal lyre and disassemble it, 
> remove
> the pedal and then use the centerpin tool on it?
>
> Anybody dealt with this before?  Any ideas for getting the pin out in 
> order
> to remove the lift rod?
>
> Loren Kelley
>
>
>