Essex Musings

[Jon Page]

At 10:46 AM 01/28/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Paul,
>I'm not sure if this answers your question, but it does fit in the category
>of trivia.  I asked John Patton and Gary Greene how it was decided to name
>the new piano Essex.  They said it was another town in Massachusetts, like
>Boston.  I suggested that Cambridge was a classier name, they didn't agree
>:>))  I guess that's why I am not employed by Steinway & Sons.  What I'm
>unclear about is why they are even choosing names in Massachusetts.  What's
>wrong with a piano named The Bronx?;>)
>
>jeannie

Or something more regal-like:

QUEENS