Chickering Grand

[Hank Lea]

Thanks James,  I appreciate your input! This is what I was searching 
for.   Hank

Pianoman wrote:
> Hank,
> I redid a 1904 Quarter grand 30 years ago and it did have a sectioned 
> pinblock bolted from underneath the plate but wooden flanges.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Lea" <colopiano at gmail.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:12 PM
> Subject: Chickering Grand
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>> Dear fellow tech's,
>>   I am biding a rebuilding job on a 1906 Chickering quarter grand 
>> from out of state. My question is to all, does this model have the 
>> brass whippen flanges and the brass hammer shank flanges?  Also, does 
>> this model have a sectioned pinblock?  Since I can't look at the 
>> piano, I thought maybe someone might have some info on this model. If 
>> there is anything else that might be unusual about this model, please 
>> speak up. I have worked on these before, but it's been a long time. 
>> Thanks!
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>> Hank
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