> and was curious if the name referred to just this size, or several sizes and > > Perhaps, PianoGuru has some info out there in Arkansas since Baldwin owns > Chickering. > > Allan Gilreath My hypotheses: 1. Has 1/4 the space necessary for action. 2. Cost 1/4 of concert grand. 3. Weighs 1/4 of concert grand. 4. Has 1/4 volumne/tone of concert grand. 5. Contains 1/4 world's supply of brass. 6. 9' = conzert fluegel 7' = halb-conzert flugel 5'6" = 1/4? 7. Holds a tune 1/4 of the time. -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT | If at first you don't succeed, Luther College | you're running about normal. Decorah, Iowa 52101 | - Mad magazine (early sixties) hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu | (319)-387-1204 |
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