Free Chickering quarter grand

[Annie Grieshop]

Thanks, Jack!  That's a great overview of what was going on at the turn of
the century and how it affected naming and marketing.  It's nice to have
this kind of information to share with customers.

Annie Grieshop
  -----Original Message-----
  From: JWyatt1492 at aol.com [mailto:JWyatt1492 at aol.com]
  Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:43 AM
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Subject: Re: Free Chickering quarter grand


  Hello to All,

     When Chickering  put the iron and large strings
  into the Grand it made it possible to get much volume
  from a small Grand. Most Grands   prior to that time
  was over 7 Ft. just to get any volume to speak of.

      In an attempt to compete with large uprights
  attention was given to promote Grands.

    Space was a factor and names were given to
  minimize this difference.  Chickering in 1901 came
  out with the scale   121  and called it the Quarter
  Grand, this to bring attention to it's small (for the time)
  size.

     Soon other brands followed suit.
  Starr                 5'  and called the     (Minon)
  Sohmer             5'3"                        (Cupid)
  Bush @ Gerts   5'        (50)              (Miget)
  Steinway          5' 6"     (M)              (Miniture)
  And one was   ( can't remember)      (Babyette)
  Chickering        5'8"     (121)            (Quarter)
     " ''                 5'3'     (135)             (Quarter)

      There are others but the memory banks will
  not cooperate.

     Hence --- "The rest of the story"

    Regards to All,
   Jack Wyatt





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