<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Yamaha upright noises</title></head><body> <div>At 7:14 PM -0400 5/31/01, Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">The fact that there is a squeak indicates there may be a scrubbing</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">movement happening which means incorrect alignment.  How does the action</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">feel?  Does it feel unusually heavy or seem to have some unusual feeling</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">resistance in it?</font></blockquote> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br></font></div> <div>I know the feeling you describe, I have an 1883 Steinway upright that was brutal to play until I got the capstans lined up correctly, that was 15 years ago and a lesson I've never forgotton. This action shows none of those signs. I feel that it is a slight roughness on the plastic surface of the capstans and the factory black lubrication that is causing the noise.</div> <div><br></div> <div>At 6:42 PM -0700 5/31/01, Tom Driscoll wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>You might try  rubbing the capstans with a  block of hammer felt while still in the  piano,followed by a shot of mclube on the capstans .</blockquote> <div><br> <br> </div> <div>If it comes back I'll give Toms method a shot before removing the keys to the buffing wheel. Thanks to both for your replies.<br> </div> <div>-- <br> <br> <br> <br> --Dave<br> <br> <br> -----------------------------<br> Dave Doremus<br> Algiers Piano Works<br> <br> Tuning and Restoration of <br> Modern and Historical <br> Stringed Keyboard Instruments<br> <br> New Orleans<br> algiers_piano@bellsouth.net<br> ------------------------------</div> </body> </html>