[pianotech] Noisy Baldwin Spinet

[Patrick Draine]

Hi Terry,
There are a few areas the clatter may be coming from. It sure doesn't sound
like you've pulled the action and tightened all the wippen flange screws,
but that could be part of the problem.
The backrail cloth in Baldwin spinets is usually quite narrow, and dense,
so that will emphasize any tendency to clatter. And the grommets don't have
to be crumbling before they get noisy.
Mark's suggestion about the MIA felt punching sounds spot on too.
Patrick Draine

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote:

> 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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> *To: *Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
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