<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tompiano@aol.com = href="mailto:Tompiano@aol.com">Tompiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 18, 2003 1:26 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Chickering = pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I just regulated and voiced one of the = Baldwin/Chickering grands the other day. I assume this was from the Baldwin plant as it = had the accu-just hitch pins.<BR>Other than some sloppy damper work and poor positioning of the damper guide rail, a pretty decent sounding = piano.<BR>The owner, an extremely good pianist, had just sold his Bosendorfer 6 ft = grand and bought this piano has a temporary instrument. He wasn't too keen on = this particular instrument due to a variety of reasons. However, once the instrument was finely regulated and voiced, the Chickering turned out = to be a very singable instrument. Sure surprised me!  For $7500 he got a particularly decent piano.<BR>Tom Servinsky, RPT</FONT> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>That, then, would be = some variation of the Baldwin 4' 11" grand (their Model B). It started out as = one of my designs though, depending on when it was built, it had changed = and evolved some from the original concept.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>