Piano 300

[JStan40@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 07/11/2000 2:14:08 AM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-pianotech-digest@ptg.org writes:

<< Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:39:36 GMT
 From: drose@dlcwest.com
 Subject: Piano 300
 
 Hi Rob,
 
 In point of fact there was representation from Chickering--a straight strung 
9 foot among other items. I do agree that Steinway got the lions share of 
representation however.
 
 Regards,
 Don Rose
 
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 Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 18:10:41 -0500
 From: "Lance Lafargue" <lafargue@iamerica.net>
 Subject: FW: Piano 300
 
 - -----Original Message-----
 From: Lance Lafargue [mailto:lafargue@iamerica.net]
 Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 5:37 PM
 To: 'pianotech@ptg.org'
 Subject: RE: Piano 300
 
 
 Yeah, there was a big Chickering ~ late 1800's?  I thought the exhibit was
 OK.  Not great, but I guess to the average visitor, it was pretty cool.  I
 thought the film was the best part.  I got lots of cool stuff in the
 bookshop on pianos that I hadn't seen before (there was a companion book to
 the exhibit). >>

Just a quick note to say that in late May, Ric Moody and I were at the Shrine 
to Music Museum in Vermillion SD--and there is a beautiful 9 foot straight 
strung Chickering with a Brown Action on display next to a similar S&S grand, 
both of them from 1867, both 88-note pianos.

But I'm still envious of all who got to see the Smithsonian instruments!

Stan Ryberg
Barrington IL