<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16447"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>     Hello Jim.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    I think the 121 @ the 123 were Chickering scales</DIV> <DIV>before the Co. was sold to American in 1908.</DIV> <DIV>   </DIV> <DIV>   The 121 was the first to be called the "Quarter Grand"</DIV> <DIV>The last was the 135.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   After American  was sold to  Aeolian in 1932 the 123  </DIV> <DIV>A B C. was produced.   Along this same  time they produced </DIV> <DIV>the 145 scale a 5ft 8in.  This was one of the 5 best 5,8s </DIV> <DIV>ever. My opinion.  For the home the 123 is the best Piano </DIV> <DIV>ever.  Again my opinion </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Regards to All.</DIV> <DIV>   Jack Wyatt</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/9/2012 6:53:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time, jim@grandpianosolutions.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Were the 121 and 123 scale Chickerings (5 ft-ish grands) made in the <BR>Aeolian years maybe up to the 50's?<BR><BR>If so, at that time, were the actions non-flared standard parts actions?<BR><BR>Jim Ialeggio<BR><BR>-- <BR>Jim Ialeggio<BR>jim@grandpianosolutions.com<BR>(978) 425-9026<BR>Shirley, MA<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>