Sustain Pedal with broken action/damper part

[John Ross]

Two things come to mind.
One, where the two bars overlap, there may be a piece of felt or leather 
missing.
Two, the more probable cause, one of the hangers is broken. If that is the 
case, remove the bar, drill out the broken piece, and replace with a nail, 
or welding rod of the proper diameter. Bend and cut it to shape. Just solder 
it in place. I suppose it could also be epoxied in place, although, I have 
never tried the epoxy.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Renz" <doug.renz@gmail.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:44 AM
Subject: Sustain Pedal with broken action/damper part


>I went to tune a Fisher upright piano and the (right) sustain pedal
> when depressed would only move the dampers off the strings from the
> top note to the middle of the piano, around Key A3.  I took out the
> action to see if there was something blocking the bar to move the
> damers, b ut I didn't find anything. The metal bar that moves the
> dampers only went so far and then there was a break and a second bar
> that moved for the middle sustain pedal for the bass strings/ break.
> Can anyone help me to know how to troubleshoot and fix this problem?
> Is this a problem with the type of action? Pedal? bar? It was strange.
> It's a nice piano, and looks like a new action, just the sustain pedal
> was not depressing all of the dampers for the action.
>
> Thanks.
> Doug Renz
> Rochester, NY
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