Chickering Stringscale

Guy, Karen, and Tor Nichols nicho@lascruces.com
Mon, 03 Mar 1997 10:42:33 -0600


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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