Thanks everyone for the suggestions. It's an early 1900's AB Chase that's being rebuilt, FWIW. I was hoping to keep the original arrangement if possible, but performance will trump. WRM On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:56 PM, John Ashcraft <jaashcraft at gmail.com> wrote: > Heat might help. I would take it my machinist. > After it's straight again, I would bolster the felt stop, or screw on the > bottom board (!) so the heavy-footed player couldn't bend it again. Might > throw in a word of caution to the player about being easier on the force, > too. > John Ashcraft > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 7:42 AM, William Monroe <pianotech at a440piano.net>wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I've got a pedal from an upright piano that has bent a bit, and is >> showing a small crack on the top of the pedal. I wonder what you all think >> about any efforts at hammering the pedal flat? Do you think I'm asking for >> trouble trying to remove the bend (I kind of think so as I feel like >> bending brass "back" will fatigue it even more). >> >> Secondarily, what would you think of trying to reinforce the pedal by >> adding a steel plate to the top of the pedal? Epoxy it to the brass? >> Thanks for any thoughts. >> >> -- >> William R. Monroe >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130111/bb83ecf6/attachment.htm>
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