[pianotech] Noisy Baldwin Spinet

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I just replaced old hard grommets on the same (baldwin spinet)  tightened all action screws,, checked for loose hammers ,, but still had an extra clicking noise, thought it was a loose let off rail,, turned out to be hard grommets on those 4 right angled rods that connect the hammer rest rail to the action frame.   I used heat shrink tubes for those rods.

Regards,
Tom Ayers   



From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 1:05 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Noisy Baldwin Spinet



Thanks for all the suggestions. Yes, that was my plan to pick out the couple noisiest ones, replace the grommets and see how that works. This customer call me - not to tune, but to solve the noise problem. I appreciate all the other suggestions also. I'll be going back there with new grommets and a whole bag of tricks!


Terry Farrell


On Feb 28, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Claude Harding wrote:


Terry,
  I'm sort of on the same wave-length as Mark.  
I would suggest replacing the rubber grommets on one or two particularly noisy keys and see if they quieten down.
If so, it should be easy to sell the entire job, IF the noise is bothering the piano owner.
When they are brittle and breaking,I have found that the piano owner can see the obvious need for repair.  However, if they are just a bit
noisy, many piano owners are happy to live with a little noise and keep their checkbooks in their pockets.  Their call.
Best regards,
Claude Harding


On Feb 28, 2013, at 5:59 AM, Mark Potter wrote:



Terry -

Just serviced a Baldwin spinet yesterday with rock-hard grommets that crumbled on the 4 keys I needed to remove to ease.  However, they surprisingly were not noisy, and I wonder if it is because there was a thin felt punching between the nut and the grommet.  Would only take you a minute to find out, I guess.  Try a hitch pin punching or thin balance rail punching between nut and grommet.  It *might* work.  (And might not!)

Still, if the piano has any age to it - and it surely does - I would think a new set of grommets would be in order if you're gonna remove the nut anyway to include a felt punching.

Mark Potter




From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, February 28, 2013 6:48:10 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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