<HTML>Hello Mike and All !    The Chickering Co. was bought in the summer of 1908 by the American Piano Co. In 1932 this Co. was bought by the Aeolian Piano Co. At that time or near then the factory was moved to East Rochester, N.Y.    Aeolian was at some time bought by the "Heller family" in N.Y. City who owned the "Winter Piano Co."  For most of the time the Heller family owned the Aeolian Co. Elmer Brooks and his brothers George and Alan ran the entire Co. Of course this included Chickering. During the 1920s this company built great pianos. Chickerings most popular pianos at that time were The 135, 145 and the 123 A -B -C.  The 135 was a 5'3" . The 145 was a 5'8" and the 123 A- B- C was a 6'3".   The 135 was one of the best  5'3".   The 145 was  one  of  the  best ( 5 )  5'8" s ever built   The 123 A-B-C was one of the best (4) 6'3"s ever built. Beware do not confuse the 123 ABC  with  the 123. The 123 is completely different piano.   I think it was in the 1960s the Heller family sold Aeolian to some Banks in N.Y.City.  In turn they hired a furniture co. executive by the name of Luke Borger to run the Co. Elmer Brooks and his brothers were retired in the 1970s.    Unfortunately the rest is history. The above are my oppinions. Regards to all, Jack Wyatt </HTML>