<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/31/01 6:04:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>algiers_piano@bellsouth.net (Dave Doremus) writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I just got back from a warranty call to a school where a Yamaha WX1
<BR>was squeaking like crazy. It turned out to be the plastic
<BR>capstan/whip cloth interface, a serious application of powdered
<BR>teflon stopped it. I'm wondering if anyone else has heard this and,
<BR>if so, if it will come back. If it does I'm going to assume it has to
<BR>do with the factory lubrication on the plastic parts, I'd have to
<BR>take the keys and buff and relube the capstans. It was a loud noise
<BR>and made the piano fairly useless for teaching.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Generally, capstans do not require lubrication but the surface should be
<BR>slick. The fact that there is a squeak indicates there may be a scrubbing
<BR>movement happening which means incorrect alignment. How does the action
<BR>feel? Does it feel unusually heavy or seem to have some unusual feeling
<BR>resistance in it?
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<BR>If there is a scrubbing problem, lubrication only treated the symptom, not
<BR>the cause. When the lubrication depletes itself, the squeak would likely
<BR>return. If the piano is still under warranty, this would be a warranty claim.
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<BR>Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT></HTML>