<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think Baldwin was playing around with = the idea of having Samick their mid price level grands.  I know they were in production, but none actually made it to our stores in Indy.  I = think they were terminated quickly.  </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=davistunes@yahoo.com = href="mailto:davistunes@yahoo.com">Dave Davis</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 11, = 2004 4:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> New-ish Chickering = Origins</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Yesterday I serviced a 5' 1" Chickering, Serial #841695. The = number doesn't even come close to anything in my Pierce Atlas. The owner = purchased the piano used in 1998. It looks to me to be Asian = built. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>During its short life, it has managed to get tubby bass strings = (picture an old upright with iron windings...) and corrosion on the plain = strings. The customer would like to have it restrung. I'd like to know some history = before providing the estimate.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any ideas?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Davis</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>