---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Mike, If no "correct answers" are immediately forthcoming, I suggest you give=20= a call to Darcy Kuronen, of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He's the=20 Curator of Musical Instruments, and I understand that he knows quite a=20= bit about early Chickerings (though I think he might consider this one=20= "somewhat late"). I believe the MFA's phone number is (617) 369-3341. Happy Hunting, Patrick On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 01:24 PM, Mike McCoy wrote: > List, > =A0 > =A0Looked at the above piano a customer has in his refinishing shop. = The=20 > plate in mortised into the rim like some squares. Someone told him to=20= > drill a million holes down through the inside of the rim and saw the=20= > inner rim out to remove the plate, that doesn't seem right to me,=20 > seems that would make fitting a new board more difficult.=A0For those=20= > who have dealt with this in the past, can the stretcher be removed and=20= > the rim pushed apart slightly with a jack or whatever and the plate=20 > slid forward? Or knock the rim apart completely? Or am I the nutty=20 > one... > =A0 > Mike > =A0 > Mike McCoy RPT > Chapters 170 & 190 PTG > Langhorne, Pa > mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1466 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0f/2e/5b/e9/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC