Challen Grand Information

Robert Goodale rrg@nevada.edu
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:35:51 -0700


Does this action have a unique type of jack spring?  I worked on something that
sounds similar several years ago.  The spring was a pull coil type connected to
a separate rail.  Very weird.  I just faked it as best as I could because it
was in pretty awful shape.  I wish I had taken some pictures.  I had never seen
anything like it, nor since.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV

Ted Simmons wrote:

> List:
>
> Can anyone tell me anything about a Challen 49" grand, S/N 82740?  The
> action is primitive, having only a jack with it's associated let-off button.
> There's no repetition lever at all.  I've made the action regulation
> adjustments as I would do on an upright, figuring the hammer rail is a rest
> rail and not a rebound rail.  The piano is in pretty good condition, no rust
> on the strings, and only about 6 cents flat.
>
> How old is this piano and are there any special regulation specs that I
> should be aware of?
>
> Ted Simmons
> Merritt Island, FL




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