[pianotech] Noisy Baldwin Spinet

[Paul McCloud]

Hi, Terry:
Maybe it's not the grommet.  I've found that sometimes the keys are bouncing on the balance rail, and the solution is to make the hole in the key a bit more snug on the pin.  If the keys drop with no friction at all as you install them, you might try glue-sizing the holes.  You might find it makes them quieter.
Good luck.
Paul McCLoud
San Diego

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From: "Terry Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:48:04 AM
Subject: [pianotech] Noisy Baldwin Spinet

Got a noisy Baldwin spinet. The rubber grommets on the ends of the keys are not real soft, but a not rock hard by any means - they are still soft enough to remove and replace into the metal forks. However, much noise is made upon key release. I'm pretty sure it's coming from an impact between the hard nut and the somewhat firm rubber grommet. Has anyone else run into this and found that replacing the original rubber grommets with new solved the problem? Or were these spinets noisy on day one? 


Terry Farrell 



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