<!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 6.00.6002.18457" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also check the damper spring slots for creaking.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed S.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=David@piano.plus.com href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David Boyce</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> Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:28 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Damper tail leathers - cleaning and lubricating?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial>Er, any chance of nosing in here with a piano-related question, folks?<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>I am doing some work on the old Bechstein upright of some friends. There was a lot of combined "creak" on operating the sustaining pedal.  I took out the damper lift rod from the action and it was very gunge-y. I cleaned it with metal polish and applied the thinnest polish, or smear, of Protek grease. However, there is still some combined "creak" from the damper tails. The are covered in leather (buckskin), not cloth.  What are your preferred methods for cleaning and lubricating damper tail leathers like this?<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>David.</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>