squeak/groan UST-7

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Ed,
Oooo! Oooo! you just reminded me of something that I was going to post. A
while back some one asked about how to remove bridge pins and the idea of
using vice grips with a long bolt and a weight came up. Just for fun I took
my regular 6" vice grips and adapted a 6' quarter inch bolt, ( standard
thread grind the first 1/4 inch to mach the old adjustment screw) with the
weight from my Mahaffy coil tightener. This resulted in the perfect tool
for removing ANY tight action easily
Try it you will like it.
Joe Goss
You know you are on the level if your bubble is in the middle
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> From: Ed Guerra <edguerra@mail.utexas.edu>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: squeak/groan UST-7
> Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 1:44 PM
> 
> You might check the bottom board and tighten all screws, or if you can't
> place shims in order to keep it from moving.  Another thing, be sure to
> check the action rest posts to see if someone forgot to raise them back
up
> when they lowered them inorder to remove the action.  What happens is
that
> when you step on the pedal the action shifts up and down.  Of course
> tighten all bracket screws.  If it needs to be lubed, protec is a a good
> way to go.  
> 
> Hope this helps you.  
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:53 PM 11/2/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have a client with squeak/groaning pedals on a Kawai UST-7 (serial
> >#1679041). The sound is coming from *each* dampher level as the rod
lifts
> >them when using the pedal.
> >
> >Is there a lubricant that may safely be used? 
> >Regards,
> >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> >"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
> >drose@dlcwest.com
> >http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/
> >3004 Grant Rd.
> >REGINA, SK
> >S4S 5G7
> >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
> >
> >
> Ed Guerra
> edguerra@mail.utexas.edu
> Austin, TX