McNeilTom@aol.com wrote: > What a strange question! You expect anything less from me? :-) > It seems that Chickering was continuing to invent the piano long after > everyone else was done. (I want to attribute this to the historical rivalry > with Steinway, reluctance to accept ideas that originated with S&S.) I don't > think there was any make less associated with standard specifications, nor > any make with a greater number of scales. > > Why do you ask? You've kindled my curiosity. Desperation....? I'd like to save myself a 100 mile trip tomorrow (Oh-my-gosh! today!), mostly. The piano isn't convenient to the shop, unfortunately. The hammers I took out were originals and they measured out consistently to 5 3/16". Strangely close to Steinway's "standard" 5 1/8". I remember the piano sounding extraordinarily good - even with those ancient, badly worn hammers, so I'm tempted to leave things as they came from the factory. A friend, down south, is a somewhat habitual archivist of all manner of oddball measurements. I knew he'd be interested in this kind of info and I suspect he's not the only archivist out there. (Owen's still not online and, as long as Barbara keeps her foot firmly planted, probably never will!) -- Ron Torrella, RPT Piano Technician University of Michigan "Dese are de conditions dat prevail." School of Music --Jimmy Durante 734/764-6207 (office/shop) 734/763-5097 (fax) 734/572-7663 (home)
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