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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=90374604-23031999>Robin,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=90374604-23031999>You
might try a small dab of Protec MPL-1 (cream type lubricant) on the top =
part of
the rep spring, where it fits into the V in the underside of the =
repetition
lever. This both lubricates and adds a little dampening of the spring, =
and
should stop the noise for you.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=90374604-23031999>Others
have said V/J lube also works, but that seems a little too gummy for
me.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=90374604-23031999>Don
Mannino RPT</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
owner-pianotech@ptg.org
[mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of</B> Robin
Blankenship<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 22, 1999 4:41 =
PM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Boston grand whip
springs<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone run into clicking noises =
produced by
the movement of the whippen spring about its mounting post on Boston =
grands?
If so, do you have any suggestions, short of total replacement, for =
quieting
them? The noise does NOT derive from the insertion point of the spring =
in the
jack. Any advice would be much appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin Blankenship</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Richmond,
VA</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>