At 12:15 PM 3/3/97 -0500, you wrote: >Just a short note to keep things straight. There were TWO Chickering >companies that built pianos; Chickering and Sons, out of Boston, and >Chickering BROTHERS, out of Chicago. The quarter-grand was built by >the Boston-based, Chickering and Sons. The "acoustigrand" was built >by the Chicago-based, Chickering Brothers. (snip) .. The best that can be said about the Chickering and Sons >Quarter-Grand is that at least the decal on the fall-board was im- >pressive. Now-Now,Les. Kinda harsh, aren't you? The decal on the plate near the sound holes was really pretty, also. Guy.
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