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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>If I recall, Weber was the first to
use the name "Baby" grand. About 1900/01.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>JWyatt1492@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> February 05, 2008 7:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Free Chickering quarter
grand<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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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