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<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>
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Best regards,<br>
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David.<br>
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