Sharp height/original ivory thickness on 1908 Chickering ?

[gordon stelter]

--- gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi! 
>      I'm doing a Chickering for a  church here,
> about
> 6' long, allegedly 1908. Someone put cheap-o,
> ultra-thick plastic keytops on it which have, of
> course, made accurate regulation impossible. I want
> to
> send the keys to Piano-Tek to recover, this time
> planing the keysicks to the right depth to compenate
> for the added thickness of new material replacing
> the
> original ivories.
> 
> 1) Anyone have an accurate thickness of the original
> ivories to compare to ?  I'm guessing
> "medium-thick",
> considering the age/brand of the piano.
> 
> 2) In lieu of that, does anyone have an exact
> factory
> spec for the height of the sharps over the original
> ivories when all the keysticks are laid flat on a
> table, as I imagine the sharps' preferred height was
> determined with all the keysticks in the same plane.
> 
> 
>      Thanks!
>      Thump
> 
> 
> --- Isaac Sadigursky <irs.pianos@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > Good suggestion  Don
> > But,those Damper Lifter Rod L-shaped pins are
> > available from Schaff,they
> > have KNURLED End and repair is done very
> > quickly,just remember not to burr
> > the pin.Pins come in two different lengths-long
> and
> > short for Uprights and
> > compact actions.. Good Luck! Isaac
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
> > Of Doug Renz
> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 7:44 AM
> > To: Pianotech
> > Subject: Sustain Pedal with broken action/damper
> > part
> > 
> > I went to tune a Fisher upright piano and the
> > (right) sustain pedal
> > when depressed would only move the dampers off the
> > strings from the
> > top note to the middle of the piano, around Key
> A3. 
> > I took out the
> > action to see if there was something blocking the
> > bar to move the
> > damers, b ut I didn't find anything. The metal bar
> > that moves the
> > dampers only went so far and then there was a
> break
> > and a second bar
> > that moved for the middle sustain pedal for the
> bass
> > strings/ break. 
> > Can anyone help me to know how to troubleshoot and
> > fix this problem?
> > Is this a problem with the type of action? Pedal?
> > bar? It was strange.
> > It's a nice piano, and looks like a new action,
> just
> > the sustain pedal
> > was not depressing all of the dampers for the
> > action.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > Doug Renz
> > Rochester, NY
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