You see, what I dont get about all this use of older defunkt names is that its actually legal in the first place. These instruments are never anything close to origional designs, bear no resemblence to the origionals whatso ever and in reality are exactly the same instruments as a host of others with defunct names stamped on them. Just a few years back Pontiac and Chrysler got nailed because Chrysler started puting their own engines in Pontiacs... or something along those lines. The reason this was disallowed, and should also be in the case of pianos, is obvious IMHO. Too easy to mislead the public in to thinking they are buying something they are not. In fact producing these pianos in the manner in which they are today produced is a swindle in concept to begin with. Off my soap box now :)... Cheers RicB Bill Jeffreys wrote: > The Samick built Chickerings were not even shown at the NAMM show > until Jan. 2001. They were not available to dealers for many months > after that. If this piano was connected with Baldwin, it was built in > the Conway plant and was essentially the Baldwin "Classic" series > grand in period styling. By the way, the Samick built Chickering was > a pretty nice piano (for the money) and similar to the Sohmer and > Knabe they are currently producing. > > Hope this helps. > > Bill Jeffreys > Tyler Piano Co. > Tyler, TX > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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