Antique Grand Piano Excellent Condition Start Price USD 4,000.00 Current Price USD 4,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 28, 2008 End Time Friday, December 05, 2008 Location Chicago, IL See more about 'Antique Grand Piano Excellent Condition' Description Play Christmas carols this holiday season on a lovely mahogany full-size, grand piano. This instrument is over 80 years old and in excellent condition!  Seller will pay $200 in shipping costs for buyer located in the Chicagoland area within 30 miles.  Out-of-state or out-of-country buyers will be responsible for entire shipping costs.      The piano manufacturer is A.B.Chase.  I recently found some historical information about the company on the Internet that made this beautiful grand.  Captain Alvin B. Chase, a Civil War veteran, organized the A.B. Chase Piano Factory in 1875 with a capital stock of $50,000. The factory was located in the old Norwalk Barrel Company buildings on Newton Street. L.L. Doug was secretary-treasurer of the company and H.R. Moore was the general superintendent. The firm began production of reed organs in 1876. Chase died shortly afterwards and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. After his death, Calvin Whitney, an original stockholder, became president of the firm and was associated with it until his death in 1909. In 1885, the company began producing pianos, first the square style, then upright, grand, and player models. By 1892, the company employed 225 men and sold 23 piano styles and 70 organ styles. The firm won the grand prize for the quality, scale, action, tone, materials, and pedal system of their products at the 1893 World's Fair. About 1900, A.B. Chase discontinued manufacturing organs to concentrate on pianos. A white A.B. Chase piano graced the parlor of the White House while President McKinley was in office. Pianos from Norwalk were sold worldwide and by 1904 the company stock had risen to $300,000. The pianos were then marketed under the name "New York - Norwalk" until about 1930, when that company went out of business. Date: 1870s circa Place a Bid!