Sharp height/original ivory thickness on 1908 Chickering ?

[gordon stelter]

Tres bien, mon mathematical fren'!
     G

--- Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com> wrote:

> 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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