Free Chickering quarter grand

[annie at allthingspiano.com]

Aha, so there WAS a half-grand (which was really the only thing that made
sense)!  Thanks, Conrad -- I'll bet you nailed it.

And "feartal grand" turned into "baby grand"?  One drawback of email is
the inability to see when someone is writing with a sly grin on his
face...... <g>

Annie

> Annie Grieshop wrote:
>> While we're on the subject:  does anybody know why Chickering called
>> them
>> Quarter Grands?  My understanding is that the term included their grands
>> in
>> the 5'2"-5'6" range, but why were they "quarter"?
>
>
>
> methinks it is 19th century semi-euro-chutzpah marketing stuff.
>
> 9' is a full concert grand
> 7' is called a halb-conzert (half-concert)
>
> so...
> 1/4 (concert) grand???
>
> ...or semi-homophonic viertel-grand pronounced like feartel which is
> close to fetal grand???
> ;-}
>
>
> AnOn
>