<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Hi, Dave:</FONT></DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Sorry, but no cigar.  But you're close.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Here's the answer.  The bridle tape has a reinforcement at the end, plastic or leather or whatever.  The bridle wire was almost touching the backcheck wire (same note).   The reinforced end of the bridle tape rubbed against the backcheck when the note was played, causing a squeaky sound.  The solution was to bend the bridle wire away from the backcheck.  Normally, you wouldn't think that the bridle tape end would pivot on the bridle wire, but in this case it did.  And because the tape was pinched between the bridle wire and the backcheck, it rubbed against the backcheck wire, making the squeaky sound. </FONT></DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Please note, the bridle wire wasn't touching the backcheck wire on the next note (to the right).  That is common, but wasn't the case here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>The lady was VERY happy to be rid of that noise.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV>    </DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Paul McCloud</FONT></DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>inSane Diego</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto: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> 08/01/2005 6:31:41 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Spinet "Squeak" Noise- Guess the fix...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>Paul,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Let me amend my previoius guess to "backcheck dragging on sticker wire."  The fix?  Regulate lost motion?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/31/05 8:50:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Piannaman@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Was it bridle wire rubbing on backcheck?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/31/05 8:28:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, skline@peak.org writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Did the noise happen when the right pedal was down? <BR><BR>I thought of a spoon with a spot of glue on it eating a hole through the damper lever felt, but that would probably clack before the hammer hit the string. <BR><BR>Susan<BR><BR>At 10:29 PM 7/30/2005 -0700, you wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Hi Guyz-n-Galz:<BR>    I had an interesting encounter with an Acrosonic the other day.  The customer complained about a click/squeak noise on some notes, which she clearly noted on a card.   I was unable to hear what she was hearing, but said that if we tuned the piano first, the noise might become more easily heard.  So, I did a double pass tuning, which sounded all right to me, and asked if she still heard the noise.  She played the notes which she objected to, and said the sound was still there.  We played around with the notes, until I finally heard something.  It was a noise, like a faint squeak, that appeared upon release of the key.  I was thinking the jack cushion felt on the butt was the culprit, but that wasn't it.  I removed the wooden sticker from the action and after a few minutes of fussing around with the wippen, found the source of the noise.  See if you can guess what the cause (and remedy) was.&nb!<BR>sp; Hint: the jack had nothing to do with the noise.  <BR> <BR>Paul<BR> <BR> <BR>Paul McCloud<BR>San Diego<BR><A title=mailto:pmc033@earthlink.net href="mailto:pmc033@earthlink.net">pmc033@</A>earthlink<A title=mailto:pmc033@earthlink.net href="mailto:pmc033@earthlink.net">.net</A></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>