<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Tip the piano on it's back, and remove the bottom board. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Some had pointed metal that fitted into a dimple on the key, with them just loosen, then slide out the hole, after tilting and removing the rod.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>You might be able to just tilt the piano back, and loosen the front of the bottom board. Then you could wedge it open enough to allow you to slip the pedal out.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Then again, if you can remove the pin, it will come right out. The problem then, is can you get the pin back in, when you reassemble.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 20, 2005 11:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> pedals</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>list,</DIV> <DIV>How do you get the pedals out of an old upright? Chainsaw? TNT? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>