<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Where does the "Quarter" grand come from? What is it's origin? Does = it mean something in particular?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, with respect to Chickering, I know they were bought out by American/Aeolean in the early part of the 20th Century. I know that = generally, they were very high quality pianos during the 19th Century. Is there any = particular time when the Chickering went downhill, quality-wise? What = about the many that you run across from the 1920s.</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=JWyatt1492@AOL.COM href="mailto:JWyatt1492@AOL.COM">JWyatt1492@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> Monday, May 14, 2001 9:49 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Chickering Quarter = Grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hello = Pat< <BR><BR>  The 5"2' Chickering Quarter Grand you refer to = <BR>must be the one I refer to as a 5" 3'.  If so this is <BR>the 135 scale. =  As I said I have found this piano <BR>to be a good one. <BR>   = <BR>Jack Wyatt, <BR>  </FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>