Yes. Aeolian and American merged in 1930, after Aeolian's factory burned. For many years operations were moved to American Piano's massive factories in East Rochester, New York, then spilled about the country in the 70's and 80's, as the Japanese onsluaght destroyed the American piano industry. American had Chickering in their line since 1909. Thump --- PatchWick@aol.com wrote: > I just got back from tuning a 'Jonas Chickering' > made in 1984. Was that also > an Aeolian name plate? > > will > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
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