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/20130110/c6faa60a/attachment.htm>
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