Possible causes:
- Not properly covering the finger holes with the left hand (lick finger
tips before playing. If squeek goes away pay more attention to covering
holes),
- Dry, leaky pad on one of the upper keys (oil all key pads to improve seal)
- Air leaking between reed seat and reed staple (seal around base of reed
with a small amount of bees wax)
- Not hitting lower key "square on" causing it to not open cleanly (possibly
due to slack pivot support or weak spring)
Good luck,
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "colin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:54 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Noises from keys
Pure guesswork on my part but has the cotton bung become saturated with
oil?
I had some very unusual things happen when that occurred and I had a pool
of oil in there.
Only other thing I could suggest is to make sure the pads seat and lift
off cleanly - and don't try and sneak the key off - lift it off smartly
(half open holes can make funny noises).
Sorry, that's all I can think of from my own experience. I'm sure lots of
good suggestions will follow.
Colin Hill.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:03 AM
Subject: [NSP] Noises from keys
I am just starting to try and use the keys on my 7-key chanter. I'm
having a bit of a random issue with the lower 3 keys, when i open them
i sometimes get a high pitched "squeak" rather than the appropriate
note. Does anyone have any idea why this might be?
Cheers - Neil
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