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Jared wrote:

>  I got mine from an estate sale for somewhat less, and subsequently found
> out that one of the trammels (triggers) was broken, and that there was
> leaking in the battery area. The battery area turns out to be overbuilt,
it
> all stripped and cleaned back as new, too. Instead of a moden sealed bit
of
> plastic, it breaks down completely so it can be cleaned completely.
>
> C&P were extraordinary, they air mailed back a new trigger, new manual,
> personal engraved bronze plaque for the new owner, and two spare bulbs. (I
> had enquired about how to find one.) All gratis.
>
> Net result? I was inconvenienced, but not damaged. C&P weren't sure of the
> age of mine, vaguely 1980, so I took the extra step of disassembling it,
> removing all the old lubes, and replacing them with Krytox. (It should
never
> need to be lubed again in my life.) It did need routine adjusting, but any
> old sextant will.
>
>  I would suggest that is nothing is obviously bent or broken, when the
> picture looks that big, sometimes you have to gamble. I'd be very unhappy
to
> sell mine for less, and would expect slightly more.

Robert responds:

Funny you should mention dissasembling the handle on a C & P. This is the
one feature that I really liked about the C & P that used to own: you could
strip it right down to the nuts and bolts for cleaning and repair. The late
Frank Janicek Jr. of Baltimore, who was probably one of the last of the
great instrument repair men once told me that all other things considered,
he prefrerred the C & P because from a repair and maintenence standtpoint,
it was superior to all other sextants; including C.Plath.

   

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