Squeak in unacorda of S & S, B

Don pianotuna@yahoo.com
Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:10:48


Hi John,

Did you check to see if the center pins in the jacks are all in place? They
can cause a squeak if they waltz out and rub the neiboring key.

At 01:33 PM 3/13/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>   Hi List, I was wondering if any of you have run/ran into  this problem.
>& S model B, less than 6 months  old. It is the first time I have seen it,
>and I got a call yesterday afternoon,  wondering if I would have a look at
>a squeak problem, before a concert this  afternoon. So I went this morning,
>(extra charge of  course). I thought it would be an easy fix. But, 
>noooooo. I checked all the obvious places, regraphiting any  worn areas,
>tefloned and MPL'd appropriate spots. Still there. Tried pushing shift
>lever by hand, still  there. Not the spring on the right side, that bears
>on  the action. Tried moving the action toward me, a smidgen, no  squeak.
>Couldn't find anything wrong at the  dags. Then I tried lifting the action
>at the right side  just a smidgeon, gone again.  of a  turn, most of it
>gone, but still some at the other end, but very slight, turned  left glide
>bolt up less than 1/8 turn. Squeak gone. Not enough time before concert to
>get into it more  fully. Have any of you ran into this causing a  squeak?
>Is there a proper fix, that I should go back and  do? Thank you. John M. Ross
>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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