Goofy 1884 Chickering action advice sought.......

[gordon stelter]

Trying to resuscitate this thing for the hospital
lobby.....
     "Knuckles" are flat areas of wood on shank
undersides.....look like microscopic aircraft carrier
decks upside down...... intend to clean it all up and 
"figgeritoutbestikan" .
     After cleaning with lacquer thiner, what to
lubricate these flats with ? ( Currently very
burnished & lubed with "MysterySlip" )
     No way to adjust hammer height, obviously, except
hammer rail felt thickness .....
     Striking distance ? ( 6'5" model ) 
     'bout all I can think of now. Sage advice 
(Joe?) appreciated.
     Jeepers.
     Thump


P.S. Some "artiste" decided to "free up" the hammer
flanges ( thankfully NOT glued to the rail in this
example! ) by blasting them with a propane torch. Many
are generally charcoal, unavailable, of course, so I
intend to 1)Remove from rail. 2) Seperate from shanks.
 3) Clean in lacquer thinner. 4) Dunk in catalyzed
lacquer ( or veeeeeeeeery thin epoxy ), also dunking
the very ends of the shanks, where they connect to the
flanges. 5) Drill out the old bushings and rebush. 6)
Mebbe hit with a thin coat of white spray lacquer, to
make them look a tad less horrid. 

Please advise/stop me if i'm an idjit.




 



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