Oh yah, I also love that secret compartment. My young son was doing the dismantling with me, and we just bent over the piano to breathe in the old air -- air from the 1860's that's been trapped there all this time! Shoulda bottled it. But no, the little man was roaming freely around the keys, the longest and shortest of which I kept. He was not put there by the builder. D On Feb 14, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > Denise Rachel wrote: >> I also dismantled an ancient Chickering square and found a child's toy inside. It is a hand wittled action figure with pivoting arms and legs. It is a black man, dressed in a blue suit with gold buttons. His hat is missing, and that might have been a clue to who he is. > > Was he in the "secret compartment" to the side in the action cavity? Through the years, I've heard all sorts of tales of wonders found there. > Ron N
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