Brian To get the rods out of the box, remove the bottom, remove the pedals,and hammer the rods out. I would suggest you get new rods. The old ones will be very pitted,and won't look good. I doubt if just those three stripped plate screws are causing the instability. But there might be others under the strings that might also be stripped, in which case this is a warrantee issue. If it's just those screws, you'll need to get the screws out first, then plug up the hole, and redrill. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Brian Doepke <bdoepke at verizon.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 7:51 am Subject: [pianotech] Pee + Bolts Hello, Came across a 1920’s grand whose brass pedal rods are corroded where they enter the wooden pedal box. They are frozen and won’t move. After pointing out the corrosion to the owners, they THEN tell me that many years ago there was a dog that would urinate on the pedal box. Uh? Yeah! That would probably corrode them. Any advice on how to “unfreeze” them? I already told them that I would have to take the whole pedal mechanism/ Lyre off and polish the rods back at the shop. I am not going to do the job in their home. Also, came across a Chickering baby grand, fairly new, and there are 3 front plate screws, right in the middle of the piano, that appear to be stripped..they just spin around and don’t grab any wood. How can this be fixed? I imagine that it can contribute to a lack of stability in the instrument. Thank you folks, Brian P. Doepke, RPT A.A.A. Piano Works, LLC Piano Tuning + Service www.aaapianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090331/77aaf2e7/attachment.html>
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