Goofy 1884 Chickering action advice sought.......

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 21:01 6/10/2005, you wrote:

>Subject: Goofy 1884 Chickering action advice sought.......
>
>Trying to resuscitate this thing for the hospital
>lobby.....
>
>Is it possible to send pictures, or bring them to Kansas City?  I have a
>Chickering Square grand action about that vintage.
>
>Paul Chick, Sr.

Paul,

That picture looks like an early Edwin Brown action.  We've got an 1889 
Chickering at school with that action, except that it has a hammer height 
adjustment screw which looks like a broadheaded tack on the shank where you 
would expect a barrel.

I haven't had my head in a Chickering square lately... JOE! did they put a 
repetition action in their late ('80s) squares??



Conrad Hoffsommer

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Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.