<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>Hi list,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am working on this tiny grand, didn't measure the length but it has t= he name "Midgett" stenciled on the plate.  It is a "Bush and Gerts".&nb= sp; Pierce doesn't give a lot of info.  I have read some subjective com= ments about how great a piano it is but it doesn't impress me much so f= ar.  Maybe after I remove 1/4" of dust from soundboard and make all the= keys actually play again---</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyway, do any of you-all have any knowledge of this company?  Was= it a pretty good piano company back in those days?  Or just avera= ge?  (Pre-1942)  This piano belongs to a friend and a music teache= r in a neighboring county and I would like to impress her so I would appreci= ate actually having some intelligent comments to make.  Thanks.</DIV> <DIV>Charles Cron</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>