<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Aschinger ?</title></head><body> <div>I have just acquired a small grand piano with the name Aschinger inlaid in brass into the fall.  This is one of the nicest baby grands I have ever come across.  It has among other things</div> <div><br></div> <div>o  an 85 note keyboard in first grade ivory</div> <div>o  an excellent action, pictured below, not marked with maker's name</div> <div>o  very finely made bass strings</div> <div>o  a pretty rosewood case with satinwood banding and twin legs</div> <div><br></div> <div>It is altogether a very well-made piano and a pleasure to work on, but in more than 30 years in the trade I have never come across the name Aschinger and can find no reference to it on the WWW except that there was a well-known chain of beer-houses in Berlin in the early part of the century by the name of Aschinger.</div> <div><br></div> <div>One or two signs suggest to me that it was made in Czechoslovakia : the keyboard is signed with a Czech surname; a few of the front punchings are from printed paper and the writing is in Czech.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Does anyone know the origin of this piano?</div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"> <img src="cid:p0624080ac1f8ac83dbb8@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> </body> </html>