<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3354" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Charles~</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Correction. On my previous, lengthy post to you I wrote:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"This one (Scale 133) had the standard single and bichord wedges on both front and rear of the damper heads in the bass."</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What I meant was it "...had the standard single, bichord, and TRICHORD wedges on both front and rear of the damper heads in the bass."</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>(As opposed to all pads in the rear as on the Scale 121 of earlier years.)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-Apparently by 1915 Chickering decided they needed more wedges, especially in the bass.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>~Kendall Ross Bean</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=178370008-21072008><SPAN class=396414604-21072008> <DIV align=left> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007>PianoFinders</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007><A title=http://www.pianofinders.com href="http://www.pianofinders.com/">www.pianofinders.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007>e-mail: <A title=mailto:kenbean@pianofinders.com href="mailto:kenbean@pianofinders.com">kenbean@pianofinders.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=533361603-16112007><EM>Connecting Pianos and People</EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> CHARLES BECKER [mailto:cbeckercpt@verizon.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 20, 2008 6:46 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> chickering quarter grand<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While the minds are on the chickering quarter grand,  what is the correct damper felt configuration for the wound tri-cords below and above the break.  This particular piano had the damper felts replaced but the tech used flat felts front and back on the wound tri-cords.  This can't be correct.  Needless to say, this one is a bleeder.  any help would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>