1907? Chickering upright

[Greg T]

Welcome,

Personaly, I have always liked those old Chickerings. Sounds like maybe
everything is original as they did use iron windings back then. And the
stamped-steel damper heads were (AFAIK) a Chickering "innovation"...

Tip: Get yourself a looping tool if you don't already have one...; )

Best,
Greg Torres

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler Punky Smith" <macman@pathfinder.dnsalias.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 2:51 PM
Subject: 1907? Chickering upright


> 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