>Okay, can anyone tell me definitely whether Brown(e) ends >with an "e" or not? And who was he? And when did he live? >And where did he work? Was he a Chickering designer? And >what was his first name? Edwin Brown of Brown & Hallet, ex-Chickering shop apprentice. After patenting his action design in 1843 he went back to chickering as foreman. According to Spillane he is "still alive at the venerable age of 84". ;-) Image of the Brown grand action at the bottom of this webpage http://real.uwaterloo.ca/%7Esbirkett/piano%20action.htm Click on the image for expanded detail. Stephen -- Dr Stephen Birkett, Associate Professor Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada N2L 3G1 Director, Waterloo Piano Systems Group Associate Member, Piano Technician's Guild E3 Room 3158 tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 fax: 519-746-4791 PianoTech Lab Room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett
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