<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3020" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> <DIV>It's related, probably mythically, that Chickering would walk through the factory and on regular occasions tell a worker to modify some aspect of the design that had struck his fancy to change. From the number of his pianos (and particularly quarter grands (scale 123) that I've worked on, I always tell the client that I'll have to keep some part of the price in reserve for "discovery". Brass flanges, tricky pinblocks, wooden ply action brackets, strange cheek shelves, various screws and bolts hidden away to test your ingenuity...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PR-J</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, STOP HAVING OPINIONS!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 02/15/07 22:14:33 Central Standard Time, kenrpt@earthlink.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV>From what I have heard, every year through that period, Jonas   <BR>Chickering came up with a better mouse trap,</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>