<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>I wonder how many of my fellow technicians out there have ever discover a pedal squeak like this one - -</DIV> <DIV>I was reconditioning an old Hardman grand from the 1920's or so. I could tell that it was once a magnificent piano, just about as good as a vintage Steinway M! It had a gorgeous tone and was scaled much like the M.</DIV> <DIV>At the end of the job I noticed a damper pedal squeak, and after checking and lubricating all the trap work and removing the action and checking to check the damper levers, I found what I had never seen before - -EACH INDIVIDUAL DAMPER WIRE WAS SQUEAKING AS IN MOVED THROUGH ITS GUIDE RAIL BUSHING! I simply put a couple of drops of CLP on each bushing, and the squeak disappeared! How many of you have ever seen this problem?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>NYC</DIV> <DIV>Technician since 1980</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>