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@pianotuner steveo:
It would be amazing if you could send me or upload some photos or even a video of how your sustain pedal is attached to the 270 and how it works.

Uploaded the pictures.

Hi everyone,

I was fortunate enough to recently buy a Wurlitzer 270 in very good condition.
But... even though it seems to have all the parts, I still can't get the sustain pedal to work.

The Wulitzer includes the lyre, a kind of metal nut that can be screwed into the piano from below, and a bent metal rod that goes up from the lyre and looks like it could be connected to the screwed-in nut. The rod has a thickening at the end towards the nut, but you can only put this thickening into the nut, not screw it in. So when you step on the lyre pedal, the rod moves downwards and slides out of the nut instead of pulling it down to trigger the sustain effect.

Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to fix this and have no idea how this can work.
Does anyone of you have any ideas?

I'm attaching photos of the parts I'm talking about soon.
(Can't upload jpeg. Must be named jpg and can't rename file endings on my phone).

I appreciate any constructive feedback and thank you in advance!

STE77EN

Hey everyone,

seems like I have a very similar problem.

I was fortunate enough to recently buy a Wurlitzer 270 in very good condition.

It seems to have all the parts, but I can't get the sustain pedal to work either.
It includes the lyre, a kind of metal nut that can be screwed into the piano from below, and a bent metal rod that goes up from the lyre and looks like it could be connected to the screwed-in nut. The rod has a thickening at the end towards the nut, but you can only put this thickening into the nut, not screw it in. So when you step on the lyre pedal, the rod moves downwards and slides out of the nut instead of pulling it down to trigger the sustain effect.

Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to fix this and have no idea how this can work.
Does anyone of you have any ideas?

I'm attaching photos of the parts I'm talking about.

I appreciate any constructive feedback and thank you in advance!

STE77EN