[pianotech] Corrected diagnosis

[Paul McCloud]

Hi, Arlie:
	Another point with those pedal dowels.  Make sure you don't mix them up. 
Number them 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2.  If you mix them, you may end up
with crooked pedals.  If the dowels are loose in the box, add some bushing
cloth in the hole to snug up the dowels.  
	Hope that helps.
	Paul McCloud
	(Additional advice from Isaac Sadigursky via phone)


> [Original Message]
> From: Arlie Rauch <adarpub at midrivers.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 04/04/2011 7:08:56 PM
> Subject: [pianotech] Corrected diagnosis
>
> Having a bit of time, I revisited the Baldwin SF grand that had the
squeaky pedal.  Alas, the rubber bushing was not the culprit.  The squeak
is down in the box through which the pedals pass.
>
> I removed the lyre and removed the bottom board in hopes of removing the
offending pedal.  Inside there appeared to be dowels on both sides of the
pedal.  A screw positioned in the dowel and half in the wood block seems to
wedge the dowel in place.  After removing the screws, one dowel was loose,
and the other was not.  It appeared that if I could get the dowels out, the
pedal would come out, and I would be looking at the culprit.  (BTW, the
pedal squeaked also when the lyre was totally out of the piano.)
>
> If I had been at home in the shop, I would have worked with abandon to
remove the stuck dowel and accepted the consequences.  But as I was on the
road, I had to leave the piano with working pedals.  So as not to wreck
anything, I put it all back together.  Some dry teflon did not help at all
to eliminate the squeak.
>
> Anyone know how those pedals are supposed to come apart without wrecking
anything?  What will I find inside?  Perhaps the pin through the pedals
extends into the dowels?  Does the pin turn in felt, or in something else? 
The secretary at the church says the pedal has been squeaking a long time,
but they usually play so loud that no one hears it.
>
> Arlie Rauch
> Glendive, MT