<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/11/2005 4:35:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, nicho@zianet.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>Newer Baldwins also have an odd click from the bridle tape vinyl on the <BR>post</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Guy, Noise hunters,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Unrelated to the specific topic of Baldwin noises, of which a plethora = is being uncovered.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This one's a subject unto itself...this noise used to drive me crazy, especially in 20 year old gray market Yamahas.  I don't what exactly is= creating the noise, but after being driven crazy by these clicks, tightening= and lubing everything I could think of, I finally proteked the wire/strap connection.  Voila, away it went.  Then I found that all I had to = do was yank down on them a bit and the noise disappeared!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Don, thanks for the link to the website.  Good stuff.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>