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I have a client with a Chickering Quarter Grand that has a broken brass wippen flange.  I have all the pieces, but I don't know if the brass could be brazed.  I know these parts may be hard to find, but if anyone has a stash of them, I just need one.  Serial number says its from 1911.  

TIA.

Paul

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Paul McCloud, RPT
Accutone Piano Service
www.AccutonePianoService.com
pavadasa@gmail.com
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Years ago I needed some brass whippen flanges for a Chickering Quarter Grand and the late Isaac Sadigursky sent me his famous coffee can/jar with various Chickering brass flanges taking what I needed and then sending the can/jar back to him. That source helped many technicians. Perthaps someone who was close to Isaac knows what became of his flange supply. Recently I worked on a 1904 Chickering Concert Grand that had a stuck key. The problem was a broken silk loop holding the rep spring. I was fortunate that none of the brass whippen flanges where cracked or broken. I just borrowed the whippen from note 87. I am not sure you could braze the flange that is broken. Someone out there must have a stash of these brass fossils

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James Kelly
Owner- Fur Elise Piano Service
Pawleys Island SC
(843) 325-4357
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Paul,

I have a bunch.

Peter Grey Piano Doctor 

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Peter Grey
Stratham NH
(603) 686-2395
pianodoctor57@gmail.com
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Hi Paul,

Schaff sells 3D-printed versions of these, I believe. Part#590P. I bought a handful to replace on another ancient Chickering (Scale 109) and they worked a treat, but maybe the Quarter-Grand sports different parts.

Ben

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Ben Palmer
Baltimore MD
(410) 790-0618
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