Watch out for the ones with the brass hammer flange rails. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 1:17 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Chickering Quarter Grand 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/20110121/44eb7fdb/attachment.htm>
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