My father has indicated that a regular maintenancence chore in his household, a brownstone in Brooklyn, was replacing sash cords. Sacrificial material I suppose, and standard maintenance now something special requiring the skills of a highly trained preservation craftsman. Kind of like painting a picket fence. -jc john wrote: > I worked on windows with the spring loaded rope and weights replacements > a long time ago. The fix was to restore the weights and cords. > On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 04:52 PM, Leland Torrence wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I am working on a 1830' wood church with a 1930's addition. I am > > looking for two items any thoughts? > > 1) I am trying to find/locate some replacement hardware for the lower > > sash of a double hung window for a 1830's church. In 1975 the weights > > and sash cords were replaced with sash balances that are tubular with a > > twisted metal guide. They attach to the surface of the sash guides and > > the bottom of the sash and have a plastic or metal sleeve. > > 2) Glass window panes. They are dimpled and slightly wavy. They do > > not look like the basic "restoration" glass. They just look like old > > wavy glass. > > Any help will be much appreciated. > > Best, > > Leland > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darling, all I want is that you should be a pinhead -- Arlene > > Croce [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 12:16 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: They shoot horses > > > > > > Normally on summers eve we take to the porch and watch the fireflies; > > where I tell Peanut storys about the Woo-zel that lives in the woods > > but the last week or so there has been an outbreak of West Nile that > > have taken down a couple of horses...the state labs have confirmed it > > ....its worse is on the coast several people have died and its the > > worst outbreak since the great "Yellow Jack " epidemics of the last > > century .....so we have been doing less outside > > signed dreaming of Cape Cod ..... > > > > -- > > To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the > > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: > > <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html> > > > > -- > > To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the > > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: > > <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html> > > > > -- > To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: > <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>