<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type= content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;= BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">I would bet it will come back unless= the flange screws were loose...not likely with the metal= rail...I'd take micro-fine teflon powder and apply it to= knuckles and wippen cushions.   I have come= across problems with Kawais and center pin squeeks.  = Too much glue in the bushing cloth...?  Reaming the bushing= and re-pinning solves the squeek, but replacing the bushing= cloth or flange would be the best bet.   This is the= black jack action...?  All plastic?<BR><BR>David= I.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: <JLMATT@AOL.COM><BR>To:= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 02:13:27= EST<BR>Subject: Kawai RX-2 squeaky whippens<BR><BR> <DIV align=left>This is about a warranty service call. The client= is complaining about noisy keys on a new RX2 she purchased in= October. When I try the piano I hear a= loud leathery kind of squeak on just about every key.. The= first thing that comes to my mind is jack against knuckle= kind of sound.</DIV> <DIV>I take the action out, lift the hammers out of the way= and push up on the whippens by hand, the squeak is still there,= so it's not the jacks and it's not the capstans. Everything= looks properly aligned, nothing seems to be rubbing against= anything but all the whippens squeak, some= louder than other, but all 88 do. I decide to take one out= to get a closer look. It looks normal, I wiggle the jack, the= repetition lever, the flange, no problem. I screw it back on the= rail and then the squeak is gone! </DIV> <DIV>So all I did then was loosen every= single single flange screw a couple of turns  and= screwed them back in. And that took care of the problem. But I= am still puzzled. </DIV> <DIV>Then back at the store I tried another RX-2 and sure enough,= it squeaks too. Not as loud, not as distracting, you really= have to listen for it, but it's there. I tried my trick with the= flange screws on that one but it did not make any= difference.</DIV> <DIV>Any comments, ideas? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jean-Luc Matton, RPT  (new RPT)</DIV> <DIV>Albuquerque NM</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>