Free Chickering quarter grand

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,Chuck!  I'd learned that "B" stands for "Beaty","D" for "King
David".....isaac

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of chuck c
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 4:12 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: RE: Free Chickering quarter grand

A client for whom I tune sold Steinways in a past life. His (humorous)
answer:

S - Small
M - Medium
L - Large
B - Big
D - Darn big!

He couldn't come up with anything for 'O','C','A', or vertical designations.

Chuck C.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca>
>Sent: Feb 4, 2008 11:23 AM
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: RE: Free Chickering quarter grand
>
>Hi,
>
>Well I can speak to some of the Steinway. S = small, m = medium, L = large,
>and D = dumb? *tongue in cheek*.
>
>At 12:50 PM 2/4/2008 -0600, you wrote:

>
>>Also, Why are Steinways S,M,L,A,B,D, K,1098? etc?  Maybe "quarter-grand"
>was >a marketing buzz word?? 
>
>>PW
>