David, Why not drop the lyre, pull the action, and then rebush? Andrew At 06:52 AM 4/23/2004 -0400, you wrote: >I'm hoping someone on this list has dealt successfully with the >following problem: I have narrowed the cause and location of a >kind of creaky clicky noise in the sustain pedal on a Baldwin 5'8 >grand, approx. 20 years old. > >In the connections, the dowel that goes up thru the keybed has >pins on each end. The upper pin is inserted in a tightly bushed >hole and it appears that over time, the bushing has worn enough >that the glue holding the cloth is now against the pin in a way >that creates a noise that is very irritating to the owner. I have >lubed the bushing and pin but that only lasts a couple months at >best. It appears very difficult to remove and replace the bushing >from under the keybed, working thru the hole in the keybed. The >only other way of getting to it short of removing the damper >tray, is to break the square piece of wood that the bushed hole >is in free from the damper tray and then regluing it to the tray. >This seems rather barbaric to me and I don't want to go that >route unless it is the best choice. In a rebuild, the dampers >are out of the piano and the tray can be removed and worked on a >bench. The piano is not ready for that extent of work. > >I would appreciate any help with this someone might have. > > Thanks in advance, > > David Lamoreaux, RPT > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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