Yup, only broken pedal I've ever had was on a Gulbransen spinet. I bought some aluminum channel "iron" (square "U" shape) just wide enough for the pedal backend to fit in. Fill it up with JB Weld. Be sure to mark the hole where the activating rod goes through so you can redrill it after the repair. I did overkill and put a slab of aluminum over the top, too... Be sure to leave room for the pivot at the back, too. Wish I'd taken pix... (sorry) Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have an appointment tomorrow for my first Gulbransen spinet. It hasn't > been tuned in 7 years. The lady, who says she's had this same piano for 50 > years, said that during the last week the "legato" pedal just stopped > working. Looking through the archives, I find that this piano made the > "bottom" 10 list, and I read a few things about broken pedals. > > Are broken pedals a common thing for this piano? Is there any consensus > (yeah, right...) :-) on the method to repair it if it is broken? I don't > have any more info than that until I get to the appointment tomorrow. I > just wanted to be as prepared as I can for this "fine" instrument... > > Thanks, > > Rob McCall > > McCall Piano Service, LLC > www.mccallpiano.com > Murrieta, CA > 951-698-1875 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100429/2826922c/attachment.htm>
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