<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just thought you might be interested in = a repair I discovered. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chickering about 1890 to 1905 ( did not = check S# ) with brass rail and hammer return spring on the hammer butt. This has = the chord for the return spring attached to the brass plate that holds the hammer assembly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Boy what a contrivance to = assemble!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any way, with the plates breaking on = their removal and no replacements i used the little spring with the brass foot Schaff = number 1519B ahd filed the foot down so that it would fit into the channel = of the hammer butt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>where the center pin is. I also had to = file some of the wood off of the channel feet to make enough clearance for the parts = to clear.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To assemble was much easier than = working with the original parts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder how they did it back then?? =  ( Went on the factory tour of Yamaha in October ) Wow.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></DIV></BODY></HTML>