Creaking sustain pedal

[David ilvedson]

If that is the problem you can weave bushing cloth in and out 
through coils and eliminate the problem.  

David Ilvedson, RPT

From:           	"Evoniuk, Gary E" <gee19685@glaxowellcome.com>
To:             	"'pianotech@ptg.org'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Subject:        	Creaking sustain pedal
Date sent:      	Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:21:41 -0400
Send reply to:  	pianotech@ptg.org

> Dear List:
> 
> The damper pedal on my S&S B makes a slight creak at the beginning of pedal
> travel (and again at the end when returning) which is quiet but noticeable
> in recording situations.  I have traced this to the coiled return spring in
> the trapwork.  The latter seems to rubbing on itself or shifting where it
> contacts the underside of the keybed and trapwork lever.  Does anyone know
> of any easy fixes for this?  I thought of using an old auto repair trick -
> taking a piece of plastic tubing and running it up the coil, in this way
> encasing the spring but thought someone else may have solved this more
> simply (jamming felt scraps into the coil until it stops? taking the spring
> out completely?).
> 
> BTW this B was built in 1997 and incorporates the current S&S trapwork
> design (larger hole in keybed for pitman).  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gary Evoniuk
> Durham, NC
> 
> 
> 


David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net