Serious question, lightly asked

[PDtek@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/16/99 9:53:00 PM Central Daylight Time, JIMRPT@AOL.COM 
writes:

> Et Al;
>   One of the most common descriptions of grands is the term "baby grand". 
We 
>  say it, salesmen say it, customers say it, manufacturers don't often say 
it 
>  though :-)
>  

I only hear customers use the term. They think its cute. They love the term 
SO much that they can't bear the thought of any grand being too big to be a 
baby grand, so to them every grand IS a baby grand. Billy Joel sang about his 
baby grand. The song would not have been nearly as endearing if it had not 
been his "baby".

I remember watching officials empty the posessions from OJ's Brentwood estate 
on TV a while back. As his 7'+ grand came out the door the commentator 
remarked that they were now bringing out OJ's baby grand. It could have been 
a 9' piano. It didn't matter. If we were to feel anything for OJ's loss, it 
HAD to be his "baby".

Dave Bunch