squeak/groan UST-7

[Lance Lafargue]

You can have the end of a "dent puller (auto parts) threaded to fit your
vise grips.  This is a larger stronger version of what you did.  Works on
bridge pins, some key pins, and now my eight-year-old's loose tooth.  
Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: Joe & Penny Goss <imatunr@primenet.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: squeak/groan UST-7
> Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 10:32 PM
> 
> 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
> ----------
> > 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