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<DIV>Hello Danele,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Joe is right, an object, including a
piano,</DIV>
<DIV> is worth what ever you can get for it. If there is </DIV>
<DIV>only one on the market then there is nothing </DIV>
<DIV>to use for a price comparison. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> For many years I repaired and sold a =
Sq.
</DIV>
<DIV>pianos. Our profession seems to be h - - - bent </DIV>
<DIV>on lumping all things together and proclaiming </DIV>
<DIV>them as this or that.</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> If this Sq. was indeed built in 1839 then it will</DI=
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<DIV>more than likely have a full iron plate. Although</DIV>
<DIV>Chickering patented this plate in 1840 he </DIV>
<DIV>started using it in 1837. This fact gives it a </=
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<DIV>chance of holding tune. The wires will be small and</DIV>
<DIV>so should the sound. The action will probability be</DIV>
<DIV>an English type single escapement that did work </DIV>
<DIV>just not very fast.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> As a point of interest the Chickering Sq.
scale</DIV>
<DIV> 51-C was a very good piano, about the best until </DIV>
<DIV>the scales 33, 98, 105, 109 and 116 came out,</DIV>
<DIV>the were all "wing type" some with the "Brown" </DIV>
<DIV>action </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> It is my opinion that it is unlikely that it wil=
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sell </DIV>
<DIV>for very much, if at all.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> The owner may consider a donation to a museum,</DIV>
<DIV>if so I would ask that they consider the </DIV>
<DIV>Foundation Museum.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Good to hear from you again Denele.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>