Pianotech

One of my church clients has a 1940's Kranich and Bach that had some work (new pinblock, strings, action repair) in the 80s-90s.  They did not rebuild the lyre, so the sustain pedal is really loose - so much so that the rod keep falling out.  I told them I would work on it and it has been decades since I worked on one(with my mentor) and I cannot remember what to do.  I tried researching this topic and am not coming up with much on here.  I am going to pick it up after church today.  What should I be looking out for when repairing and making the pedal more secure.  And should I also purchase some new pedal rods from Schaft?  Any ideas appreciated!

One of my church clients has a 1940's Kranich and Bach that had some work (new pinblock, strings, action repair) in the 80s-90s.  They did not rebuild the lyre, so the sustain pedal is really loose - so much so that the rod keep falling out.  I told them I would work on it and it has been decades since I worked on one(with my mentor) and I cannot remember what to do.  I tried researching this topic and am not coming up with much on here.  I am going to pick it up after church today.  What should I be looking out for when repairing and making the pedal more secure.  And should I also purchase some new pedal rods from Schaft?  Any ideas appreciated!

The pedal has "side to side"  movement-a lot.  The rod is not attached to anything at the top.  The trap  has some old leather on the bottom and the rod just falls out

One of my church clients has a 1940's Kranich and Bach that had some work (new pinblock, strings, action repair) in the 80s-90s.  They did not rebuild the lyre, so the sustain pedal is really loose - so much so that the rod keep falling out.  I told them I would work on it and it has been decades since I worked on one(with my mentor) and I cannot remember what to do.  I tried researching this topic and am not coming up with much on here.  I am going to pick it up after church today.  What should I be looking out for when repairing and making the pedal more secure.  And should I also purchase some new pedal rods from Schaft?  Any ideas appreciated!

One of my church clients has a 1940's Kranich and Bach that had some work (new pinblock, strings, action repair) in the 80s-90s.  They did not rebuild the lyre, so the sustain pedal is really loose - so much so that the rod keep falling out.  I told them I would work on it and it has been decades since I worked on one(with my mentor) and I cannot remember what to do.  I tried researching this topic and am not coming up with much on here.  I am going to pick it up after church today.  What should I be looking out for when repairing and making the pedal more secure.  And should I also purchase some new pedal rods from Schaft?  Any ideas appreciated!