AB Chase Concert Grand

[Phillip Ford]

Cy,

I recently restrung one of these.  The plate's sort of like the big 
Steinways to accomodate the ring bridge.  Those were English loops
on each string back there on the piano that I did. Serial number 62770 which 
I somehow concluded was 1920.  They seemed to make about 1000 pianos a year 
as best I could tell, which would put your piano around 1942.  The one that 
I did had a heavy metal bell under the treble end about where the Steinway 
bell would be.  But unlike the Steinway bell, which is cantilevered off the 
rim, this one spanned between the rim and bellyrail.  Does your piano have 
that?

Phil Ford

At 08:02 AM 4/1/2004, you wrote:
>List,
>
>Here's another interesting piano in the shop: an A. B. Chase concert 
>grand.  The first few notes of the treble bridge pass under plate webbing 
>at the tail, and have hitch pins way back by the rim (see photo).  Its 
>serial number is around 84,000, which doesn't have a clear indication in 
>Pierce.  Any ideas as to the year?  The fallboard logo says "A. B. Chase." 
>in block letters, with a period at the end, and appears to have been 
>hand-painted.
>
>--Cy Shuster--
>Rochester, MN