On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Guy, Karen, and Tor Nichols wrote: > At 12:15 PM 3/3/97 -0500, you wrote: > >Just a short note to keep things straight. There were TWO Chickering > >companies that built pianos; Chickering and Sons, out of Boston, and > >Chickering BROTHERS, out of Chicago. The quarter-grand was built by > >the Boston-based, Chickering and Sons. The "acoustigrand" was built > >by the Chicago-based, Chickering Brothers. > (snip) > . The best that can be said about the Chickering and Sons > >Quarter-Grand is that at least the decal on the fall-board was im- > >pressive. > Now-Now,Les. Kinda harsh, aren't you? The decal on the plate near the sound > holes was really pretty, also. > Guy. > Good point, Guy! And, to be truly objective and fair, I suppose one would have to mention the fact that the Q-G's legs were also quite attractive! Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net
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