Sharp height/original ivory thickness on 1908 Chickering ?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Gordon,
You might get a refference point by subtracting the total of a sharp from
the uncovered part of the white minus 1/2"
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: Sharp height/original ivory thickness on 1908 Chickering ?


>
> --- 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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