O.K. -- First, as I'm sure you gathered from my original questions, I had never been "into" a grand pedal assembly. I work on very few grands, and this is the first time I've had one with loose joints. Removing the pedal box and pedals was an education for me. Interesting device!! I had to get the pedals back on the piano in about 36 hours, so my first inclination was to follow Roger Jolly's advice with the CA glue. However, I didn't have any except the very thin so I went with Jim Harvey's advice, and used titebond glue on all the joints.. ( Sorry, Newton. I didn't pick up your post until later.) Six of the wedges were loose enough that a huff and a puff (almost that easy anyway) removed them. A little work with a drill and small chisel, andthe other two were out. I used titebond glue on all the surfaces, included the wedges, mated the parts, used the pipe clamps, and went to bed. The pedal lyre is back on the piano. It's solid. And the shift pedal, which led to the discovery of the problem, worked properly without needing any regulation. And I still THINK you're a great bunch!! THANKS -----Original Message----- From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:47 PM Subject: Re: grand piano lyre >At 06:10 PM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote: >>> The knowledge which so many of you obviously >>> possess and are willing to share is almost unbelievable. >> >>Don't care what you think, tell us what you DID. >> Newton > > >Here here! How can we steal an idea that wasn't presented? > > Ron >
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