$300,000 Chickering!

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Jurgen Goering wrote:
> It says the piano is from about 1840 and it has 88 keys. Were they 
> really building pianos with 88 keys back in 1840?
> 
> Jurgen Goering


A serial number sure would help. It does look straight strung, and 
Chickering did a lot of one-off experimenting, and I think there were 
some European makers with 88 (and more) keys at the time, so anything's 
possible.

Thyme will tell, maybe.

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Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
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