Pulling UP pedals without a tilter/ was A.B. Chase

[Mark Wisner]

David wrote;
"That's how the pedals are usually taken out -- by tipping the piano on its
back and removing the bottom board.   For those times when you can't or
don't want to, it helps to have a C-clamp with a hole drilled through the
non-screwing end, large enough to clear a pedal pivot pin.  It's a hassle,
but the pin can be pushed out of the pedal with this tool, then the pedal
can be pulled out the hole in the stretcher.  The same tool can be used to
push a new pivot pin into a pedal, if the part that screws has a dimple for
the end of the pin to sit in.  Thanks to Jim Harvey for this tip, which I
got from him 20 years ago.  --Dave Nereson, RPT"

Another way  to remove the pedals from an upright without using a tilter is
to block the rear casters , lean the piano against a solid wall, remove all
the screws that hold the pedal board to the front of the pedal rail and a
couple of the screws that hold the pedal board to the sides.  There is
enough flex in the pedal board to allow you to push the pedal board down
enough to pull the pedal, pins and all, through gap between the pedal rail
and the pedal board.