Chickering Brass Grand Wippen Flanges

[Jon Page]

The last two old Chickerings I worked on had the flanges replaced with
ones fabricated by APSCO.

I may have a few extra if you do not want to order a set and replace them all
(recommended).

Regards,

Jon Page

At 08:51 AM 03/02/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Gang! Well, I have once again reentered the magical world of old
>Chickering pianos, with the usual result of finding yet another unique
>design feature from those imaginative people of the old Chickering design
>team.  In this case, I found a 19th century baby grand with brass wippen
>flanges, similiar in design to an upright brass rail hammer butt in that the
>flange uses a plate and screw arrangement to clamp the center pin to the
>flange.  There were, of course, two flanges in which the main portion of the
>flange had cracked at the screw hole, and these flanges were naturally right
>in the middle of the keyboard.  I borrowed the flanges from notes 87 and 88
>to allow the owner to play her usual repertoire.  I am just wondering if
>there might happen to be a rebuilder out there who rebuilt an action like
>this in the past and, in converting the action to modern parts, had saved
>some of these flanges and would be willing to part with a few.  I'm sure
>there are none available in the supply house catalogs. 
>    I would like to thank all of you who have been so helpful to me in the
>past in dealing with these odd and/or perplexing problems that have had me
>stumped in the past.  This forum is really a great thing! Thanks, Patrick
>Poulson, RPT
>  
Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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