More bizarro Chick( ering ) pics, 2

[Susan Kline]

hmmm, this seems to bear some resemblance to a Browne action, which I 
tangled with many years ago on an 1893 9-foot Chickering. By 1893, instead 
of a piece of action cloth, there was an oversized round metal thing like a 
big thumbtack, no doubt having less friction than a piece of cloth on wood, 
but there was an intermediate lever not too different from what you are 
showing.

I wish I had photos of the 1893 thing. I was going to make an action 
drawing, but didn't manage it, and now my memory of it isn't really 
clear.  Possibly if you could find an action diagram for a Browne action 
(hope I remember the name right ... ) it might help. I do remember that 
notes were bobbling, and people had tried to turn down the letoff, but on 
this action, it didn't work. I figured it out, took off a rail to see if I 
could shim it, and discovered it had slots for the mounting screws, so it 
was adjustable. That was a good moment, which not doubt is why it hasn't 
disappeared with the other details.

Susan Kline