A.B.Chase?

[Mark Cramer]

thanks guys,
this is encouraging news, as I'm not all that familiar with the 'good old'
names in American pianos. As for price; the 'come and get it' kind of for
'absolutely no money' type of price. :>) A nice gift from a fellow
technician who retired from the trade last year.

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Jon
Page
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 9:51 AM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: A.B.Chase?


Ditto. Good pianos.

Offered? for free? or what price...

Jon Page

At 09:37 AM 9/3/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>The ones I have seen are good pianos, good candidate for rebuilding.  It
>is better than a Fischer and less "odd" than a Mehlin.  Go for it.
>
>                 Newton
>
>Mark Cramer wrote:
> >
> > Good morning list,
> >
> > a former colleague has just offered me an A.B.Chase. All he could tell
me
> > was that it was mf'd in 1903, and is just under 6' in length. Apparently
it
> > has been staring him down from the corner of his shop for the past 15
> years,
> > daring him to restore it. I'm guessing he blinked first.
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light on this brand and/or model for me? Would it
> be of
> > similar potential to perhaps a Mehlin or a Fischer?
> >
> > much thanks!
> > Mark Cramer,
> > Brandon University