Best Buys; A.B. Chase; Knabe Concert Grands

[Kendall Ross Bean]

Jack~
 
Yes, A.B. Chase 6'1" Model T. What a piano, huh? A lot like the earlier,
round tail Stnwy A's...
 
I had always wondered what the story was behind the Knabe Concert Grands.
>From my personal experience, and from what I have heard from others, many of
them were phenomenal instruments.
 
This information about Allen Chase sounds like it might be an important
piece of that picture. Any other important knowledge you have that you might
want to share about Mr. Chase? (Or Knabe Concert Grands...?)
 
Not sure what you meant by WN&G "bumper" action. (By the way, I have always
preferred the rails on WN&G grand actions to those on Steinway. So much
easier to travel flanges, or space the hammers, and have them stay, or...
...not sure what all the fuss is about Steinway tubular action rails,
especially since I recently pulled out a relatively new one that I had had
in stock for a few years, in order to replace a cracked original rail, only
to discover that the new one was cracked as well...)
 
~Ken Bean
 
PianoFinders

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From: JWyatt1492 at aol.com [mailto:JWyatt1492 at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:01 AM
To: flibberti.gibbet at yahoo.com; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Best Buys in the Used piano Market


Hello Thomas,
 
   YES ,,  there are several.
One that jumps into my mind is the 
 
A.B. Chase    Scale  " T " Made in early 1900s.
 
  This is a  6"1'  looks like a round tail Steinway A.
 
   It has a "hook" treble bridge  with 2 - two string 
wraped unisions and 7 three string unsions coming 
from the bass.  It also has a  elongated  " bell".
 
  Its big advantage over the Stinway is that it has
the W-N-G  bumper action and the bass sound
with a big fundamental tone with a beautiful bloom.
 
  Many of these pianos used Quarterd Mah. for
thier cabinets.
 
  As a side note  Walter Lane  worked with  Allen Chase
for four years before he  went on his own and buillt  the 
worlds best upright.  ( my opinion )  
  Also  A.B. Chase  built many Knabe concert grands 
for the Knabe Co. in the mid to late 1920s
 
 " All knowledge comes from the past."
 
Regards,
Jack Wyatt
Dallas



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