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color=#0000ff>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=546555720-05022008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#0000ff>Annie Grieshop</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> JWyatt1492@aol.com
[mailto:JWyatt1492@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:43
AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Free Chickering
quarter grand<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial
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<DIV>Hello to All,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> When Chickering put the iron and large strings</DIV>
<DIV>into the Grand it made it possible to get much volume</DIV>
<DIV>from a small Grand. Most Grands prior to that
time </DIV>
<DIV>was over 7 Ft. just to get any volume to speak of.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> In an attempt to compete with large
uprights </DIV>
<DIV>attention was given to promote Grands. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Space was a factor and names were given to </DIV>
<DIV>minimize this difference. Chickering in 1901 came</DIV>
<DIV>out with the scale 121 and called it the
Quarter</DIV>
<DIV>Grand, this to bring attention to it's small (for the time)</DIV>
<DIV>size. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Soon other brands followed suit. </DIV>
<DIV>Starr 5'
and called the (Minon) </DIV>
<DIV>Sohmer
5'3"
(Cupid) </DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:Bush@Gerts">Bush @
Gerts</A> 5'
(50)
(Miget) </DIV>
<DIV>Steinway 5'
6"
(M)
(Miniture) </DIV>
<DIV>And one was ( can't
remember) (Babyette)</DIV>
<DIV>Chickering
5'8"
(121) (Quarter)</DIV>
<DIV> "
''
5'3'
(135) (Quarter)
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> There are others but the memory banks will </DIV>
<DIV>not cooperate. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Hence --- "The rest of the story"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Regards to All,</DIV>
<DIV> Jack Wyatt</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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