<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a thought. Since the rod is evidently corroding to some degree, causing the stickiness and squeaking , could heat-shrink Teflon be used  on the rod to permanently solve this problem? I know that Ed McMurrow uses it on front rail keypins with great success.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 04, 2006 10:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Damper squeak</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'"> <DIV> <DIV> Mikes,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've had good luck with teflon, too.  I've had to do this on several brand new pianos recently.  I usually try to dust where the spoon hits it, too, because it will only be a matter of time before that starts squeaking.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Michael Spalding <<A href="mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net">spalding48@earthlink.net</A>><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:58:41 -0600<BR>Subject: RE: Damper squeak<BR><BR> <STYLE>.AOLPlainTextBody { FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff } .AOLPlainTextBody PRE { FONT-SIZE: 9pt } .AOLInlineAttachment { MARGIN: 10px } .AOLAttachmentHeader { BACKGROUND: #f9f9f9; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e9eaeb 2px solid } .AOLAttachmentHeader .Title { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; BACKGROUND: #e9eaeb; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT: bold 11px Tahoma; COLOR: #666666; PADDING-TOP: 3px } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldLabel { PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 9px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT: bold 11px Tahoma; COLOR: #666666; PADDING-TOP: 1px } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldValue { FONT: 11px Tahoma; COLOR: #333333 } </STYLE> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_77cd0238-a65e-4bd9-959b-634e05b00277> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It probably will come back.  Polish the rod with Flitz, dust the felts with teflon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mkurta@adelphia.net href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('mkurta@adelphia.net');">Mike Kurta</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('pianotech@ptg.org');">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 4/4/2006 7:34:27 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Damper squeak</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Noticing creaky noises coming from the damper lift rod against the damper lever felts on a fleet of Yamaha P22's.  They are 3-5 years old and I've quieted one with Protek CLP.  I'm  wondering how permanent this will be, and is there a better alternative?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>