Chickering pianos

[Avery Todd]

Tom,

But the question in MY mind is why he got rid of a Bosendorfer and bought
a Chickering? Was the Bose THAT old? Just curious.

Avery

At 04:26 PM 06/18/03 -0400, you wrote:
>I just regulated and voiced one of the Baldwin/Chickering grands the other 
>day. I assume this was from the Baldwin plant as it had the accu-just 
>hitch pins.
>Other than some sloppy damper work and poor positioning of the damper 
>guide rail, a pretty decent sounding piano.
>The owner, an extremely good pianist, had just sold his Bosendorfer 6 ft 
>grand and bought this piano has a temporary instrument. He wasn't too keen 
>on this particular instrument due to a variety of reasons. However, once 
>the instrument was finely regulated and voiced, the Chickering turned out 
>to be a very singable instrument. Sure surprised me!  For $7500 he got a 
>particularly decent piano.
>Tom Servinsky, RPT