Challen Demi-Grand

lynn johnston · Post by **lynn johnston** » 07 Jan 2007, 22:40

We have acquired this interesting piano and would like to know more about it if possible, however can find no references to such a piano on the net!
Number stamped on casing is 67349 and 'patent pending' labels are prominently displayed.
Next stop is search of those patent references!

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 08 Jan 2007, 13:42

All I can tell you is that if that is the serial number, it suggests 1940. I have never come across a "Demi-Grand", but around that time, there were many very small grands made, often double overstrung - three sets of strings crossing at different angles. This will almost certainly be a mass-produced instrument, made in hundreds or thousands, but the majority of pianos are not listed on the net, and no original archive material has ever surfaced about Challen pianos. See the Archives link at pianogen.org