<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Will,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A couple of years ago, Mike Reiter, RPT and I rebuilt one of these. We did a lot of trial-and-error exploring to find how it originally was expected to function, and in the end, it played very well, with very good repetition. Mike will remember things that will be helpful in regulating. I have trouble remembering things that aren't right in front of me. <IMG src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/17.gif">  Mike's e-mail is <A href="mailto:mdreiter440@comcast.net">mdreiter440@comcast.net</A>. The thing I do remember is the multitude of hours we spent figuring it out.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Davis, RPT<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Will Wickham <wwickham@stny.rr.com><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2007 9:14:33 AM<BR>Subject: Chickering-Brown advice<BR><BR>Hi All,<BR><BR>A friend, who is an organ tech, has an 1870's Chickering with the  <BR>infamous Brown Repetition action. He loves to tinker with the action  <BR>and would be interested in corresponding with someone who has worked  <BR>on/rebuilt one or more of these gems.<BR><BR>If you have some experience to share and don't mind sharing your e- <BR>mail address, let me know and I'll forward the addresses to him.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>will wickham<BR>(presently in hiding from Christmas-tuning mania)<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR></DIV></div></body></html>