Chickering grand brass flanges

[Newton Hunt]

Chickerings have been the bane of my existance.  I will sprint, not walk away
from them.  Jonas changed the desing as often as he changed his socks.  Yours
tools will not fit, your hands will nt fit, new parts do not fit and the
price will not fit.

Brass becomes brittle with age and the new parts will not fit properly
although they seem the same.  As a piano they burn well.

Any conversion it likely to be extremely costly in time and the result is
likely to be less than satisfactory.

I won't touch 'em.
      Newton