Chickering Square Help

Jon Page jpage@capecod.net
Wed Nov 10 05:36 MST 1999


If there is open spiral bass strings, Ari Isaac can make them.

Stephen Birkett would be of help also.

Jon Page


At 08:29 PM 11/09/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>OK Folks, you can shoot me.
>
>I've got an 1851 Chick. Square whose owner was so happy with how I got
>everything working, that he decided to pay me to make it look like new!! 
> (I just wanted it to go away!)  
>
>Who out there knows the best way to restring these things?  
>Source of the right bass strings, possibly rescaling since new wire ain't
>buttery like this old stuff.
>And can hammers get recovered?  England used to do it . .??
>
>It's not my first Square, but as long as I have you to bother . . . . 
>
>I know there is somebody out there doing these regularly.
>
>Thanks,  Roger Hayden, RPT
>  


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