1907? Chickering upright

[Tyler Punky Smith]

I'm thinking about picking up (for a little of nothing from Goodwill) 
an early-1900's (from the piano atlas) Chickering upright to 
partially rebuild (I don't intend to remove the plate) for the 
experience. (I'm a student) It's a cute piano and I think it'll be 
rather nice when I'm done with it. The bass is strung with iron-wound 
strings, and the entire scale is tied strings, three tied strings per 
treble note. I think it should be interesting.

Can anyone tell me anything about it, especially did it come from the 
factory with iron wound strings, or were the original copper ones 
replaced somewhere along the way? Also, the damper heads are little 
steel stampings instead of wooden blocks like I'm used to seeing. Is 
this original?

Thanks a lot, I'm new to the list.

-Tyler Smith,
macman@pathfinder.dnsalias.com