<!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 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conrad asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>I've got a couple pictures of a Chickering cocked hat at the = Smithsonian <BR>(125/159k), but isn't the Mathusek earlier?<FONT face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conrad,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not knowing the age of the Chickering = would make that a bit difficult to say.<G> However, this piano's # is 1272 = which is pre-1865, where the numbers start in the Atas @#1500. I wish Jack would = jump in here.<G> Jack! You Out There?!!!</DIV> <DIV>Hmmm? It seems we all have our spellings of Mathushek. (Including me!<G>)</DIV> <DIV>Would you mind posting the picture(s) you have, so some of the = younger types know what the hell we're talking about?<BR>Best = Regards,</DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>