<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 12px"><div>David,<br /> The story from my client who is from the UK and my impression from seeing the piano is that it is the original  finish and decoration.<br /> Best to you,,<br /> Tom Driscoll<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="border-top:1px solid #bcbcbc;margin:5px 0px;"></div><span style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;">On 07/12/11, <span>David Boyce<<a class="parsedEmail" href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com" target="_blank">David@piano.plus.com</a>></span> wrote:</span><div style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;"> <font face="Arial">Wow that's quite an Art case, Tom!  Do you think it's original, or painted on top by a later hand? I never heard of Challen producing a case like that.  As I said before, I find those small Challens of that period solidly built, but they don't sound great at all.  <br /> <br /> Best regards,<br /> <br /> David Boyce.<br /> </font> </div></div>