<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They were still using those as late as = 1910. Fortunately for me, none broke on the one I worked on (bringing it up to = "playable" status).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=imatunr@srvinet.com href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">Joe = And Penny Goss</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 17, 2002 = 9:50 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> chickery-chick</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>