[pianotech] Noisy Baldwin Spinet

[Joe Goss]

Hi Terry,
Check the key end felt as well as Paul's suggestion.
Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
imatunr at gmail.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul McCloud" <pmc033 at earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Noisy Baldwin Spinet


> 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
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> 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?
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> Terry Farrell
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