[Rob Reedijk]

Carey Carlan wrote:
On a couple of recent gigs I've had to record pianos with squeaky pedals.
I know that's the domain of the tuner/maintainer guy, but his neglect
doesn't cut it when it's time to record.

Is there a safe and useful spray or liquid I can apply to temporarily
silence the mechanism without causing any permanent mechanical or cosmetic
damage?

Often a big problem for me. Perhaps a good strategy is to make sure
your client has the tuner make sure the pedals aren't squeaking. They
are having the piano tuned for the recording aren't they?...

Now if only we could get the tuner to do something about the nostril
breathing sounds which always gets worse as the pianist concentrates.
And can that tuner also do something about the violinist's breathing
sounds? And what about the squeaking floor boards as the violinist
rocks back and forth to the music? And what about the soprano who
likes to rotate dramatically for the audience which means some of
her words disappear on the recording?

Oh wait a minute...these are all things that the musicians are
responsible for controlling. And that sometimes even extends to pedal
squeak. But still make sure the tuner checks it out.

Rob R.