Annie Grieshop wrote: > While we're on the subject: does anybody know why Chickering called them > Quarter Grands? My understanding is that the term included their grands in > the 5'2"-5'6" range, but why were they "quarter"? methinks it is 19th century semi-euro-chutzpah marketing stuff. 9' is a full concert grand 7' is called a halb-conzert (half-concert) so... 1/4 (concert) grand??? ...or semi-homophonic viertel-grand pronounced like feartel which is close to fetal grand??? ;-} AnOn
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