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<DIV>Andrew,</DIV>
<DIV>I've seen this before, but the only lingering memory is that once
disassembled it was very hard to re-assemble. Perhaps this was a =
Chickering made
on a Tuesday. By the following Monday they probably changed the design =
again
:-) Good luck.</DIV>
<DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT<BR><A
href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 18, 2002 =
3:13
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> innovative upright =
action</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I had a customer bring by the action of the piano he is =
refinishing. He <BR>wanted me to replace the bridal straps, =
dampers,
etc. This action includes <BR>one very unique feature which I, =
in my
limited experience, (15 years) do not <BR>remember seeing before =
except on a
certain west coast action. There is a <BR>spring connecting the =
jack and
hammer butt to speed the return of the jack <BR>under the butt. =
The
spring is about the length and shape of the hammer <BR>return spring =
and it is
connected to the butt by means of a silk thread <BR>attached behind =
the jack
felt on the butt. There is also a slot in the jack <BR>for the =
silk to
pass through in order to connect to the spring. At the bass =
<BR>of the
jack is a spring tensioner. The piano is a Chickering Bros. (the =
<BR>Chicago branch of the family) apparently from the early part of =
the
century.<BR><BR>BTW from the best I could tell this system worked as I =
imagined it was <BR>intended to work. The jack did reset before =
the
hammer returned to a full <BR>rest.<BR><BR>Has anyone seen one of =
these
before? I have seen a number of Chickering <BR>Bros. pianos and =
they all
seem to be well built, often with "unique" <BR>features. It =
seems the
experimentation bug was genetic.<BR><BR>Andrew
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