[pianotech] Chickering Quarter Grand

[Paul T Williams]

Terry,

Since nobody responded, I'll try.

Old 1/4 grands are a nemesis!  It depends on what year it is.  Mr. 
Chickering changed designs all the time. I re-habed a 1919 once (and my 
last).  It was a beast.  Some from the day had damper heads that one could 
change the side to side regulation by spinning the head in or out on the 
wire.  Other back and forth regulation, and timing reg is pretty much 
standard. 

Have a lot of patience with these old gals; very tempermental.  I must 
tell you that it was a pretty good piano when I finished, but the hours 
invested did not pay off for the price I got.  The learning experience: 
priceless!

Good luck,
Paul




From:
"Dianne Randolph" <dianne.randolph at att.net>
To:
<pianotech at ptg.org>
Date:
01/21/2011 09:12 AM
Subject:
[pianotech] Chickering Quarter Grand



I would appreciate help in locating information on regulating dampers on 
an old Chickering grand.  Terry Randolph

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110121/498e39b1/attachment.htm>