Sustain pedal plastic

[Clyde Hollinger]

Bill,

If it is a vertical piano, it might be a broken pedal prop bolt.  It's not
plastic, but I find a broken one from time to time, and it would make a pretty
significant noise if it left loose while the pedal was depressed, I would think.
Also, it goes from the pedal to the damper pedal lever, which she might very well
have called the pedal rod.

It's very difficult for clients to describe broken piano parts.  I hope you post
what you found after you make the call; I'd be interested.  Thanks!

Clyde Hollinger, RPT

BSimon999@AOL.COM wrote:

> I will soon tune a 1978 Schafer and Sons piano for a customer 50 miles away.
>
> She called and said that "with a bang" the sustain pedal broke. She said it
> wasn't the metal pedal, nor the pedal bearings, nor the dowel, nor the pedal
> rod, but the plastic piece that goes from the pedal to the pedal rod. White
> plastic, snapped in two.
>
> I am unfamiliar with what she is talking about and she does not explain
> things well.  So that I might take enough supplies and equipment to repair in
> one trip, -- does anyone know what she is talking about?  Has anyone had to
> replace such a broken plastic piece?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Bill Simon