<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>Jean-Luc,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'll bet you get lots of things squeaking in pianos in NM...:-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The biggest cause of squeaks I've seen in newih Kawais besides knuckle-= jack noise is drop screws squeaking on drop leather.  Teflon powder has done= the trick for me, though it's a bit more challenging to burnish it in than it is= on knuckles.  Dean's pipe cleaner might work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In the San Francisco Bay Area, it usally takess a year or more to happe= n, and I've not seen it as often in RXs as in the less expensive models.  = I'm sure the dry air in the desert will cause squeaks to become evident sooner t= han in my area.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/8/05 5:24:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, deanmay@pianorebuilders.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><SPAN class=256222213-08022005>Keys can also give you a squeak. Dip= a pipe cleaner in some teflon powder and apply it to the balance rail hole a= nd bushings and the front bushings on a couple of samples and see if that tak= es care of it. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=256222213-08022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=256222213-08022005>Dean</SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf= Of </B>Jlmatt@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:13 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Kawai RX-2 squeaky= whippens<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>This is about a warranty service call. The client is complaining ab= out 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 pus= h up on the whippens by hand, the squeak is still there, so it's not the jack= s and it's not the capstans. Everything looks properly aligned, nothing se= ems to be rubbing against anything but all the whippens squeak, so= me 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, t= he flange, no problem. I screw it back on the rail and then the squeak is g= one! </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. </DI= V> <DIV>Then back at the store I tried another RX-2 and sure enough, it squ= eaks 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></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>