innovative upright action

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In a message dated 6/18/2002 3:56:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ANRPiano@AOL.COM writes:


> Subj:innovative upright action 
> Date:6/18/2002 3:56:19 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:ANRPiano@AOL.COM">ANRPiano@AOL.COM</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
>    Hi Andrew 


  Yes I have seen one like this and it did indeed act like a repitition 
spring. !890s as I recall.
 My friend Wade Muncy still owns it I think and it's STILL unrestored. Built 
like a battleship it is.
  Dale

> 
> I had a customer bring by the action of the piano he is refinishing.  He 
> wanted me to replace the bridal straps, dampers, etc.  This action includes 
> 
> one very unique feature which I, in my limited experience, (15 years) do 
> not 
> remember seeing before except on a certain west coast action.  There is a 
> spring connecting the jack and hammer butt to speed the return of the jack 
> under the butt.  The spring is about the length and shape of the hammer 
> return spring and it is connected to the butt by means of a silk thread 
> attached behind the jack felt on the butt.  There is also a slot in the 
> jack 
> for the silk to pass through in order to connect to the spring.  At the 
> bass 
> of the jack is a spring tensioner.  The piano is a Chickering Bros. (the 
> Chicago branch of the family) apparently from the early part of the 
> century.
> 
> BTW from the best I could tell this system worked as I imagined it was 
> intended to work.  The jack did reset before the hammer returned to a full 
> rest.
> 
> Has anyone seen one of these before?  I have seen a number of Chickering 
> Bros. pianos and they all seem to be well built, often with "unique" 
> features.  It seems the experimentation bug was genetic.
> 
> Andrew Remillard


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