Sustain pedal plastic

[Patrick Greene]

I used to tune those things all the time in Pennsylvania.  I think she is
referring to the piece that attaches to the bottom of the piano.  It is the
piece that the pedal "rides" on when you depress the pedal.  A Pedal  has a
small rod on each side of it that fits into that plastic piece.  I don't
know the technical jargon to describe this.
-----Original Message-----
From: BSimon999@AOL.COM <BSimon999@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 11:15 AM
Subject: Sustain pedal plastic


>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