I would be interested if anyone else has seen this model and what are your impressions. The treble is also kind of weak on this piano but it may be due to the hammers. Increasing the speaking length and reducing the backscale length on the 146 seems to have been a step in the wrong direction. As far as the tone between the 2 pianos, the older Chickering 123 has a much deeper sounding bass. There are also no tri-chord wound strings like model 123. They also reduced backscale length throughout and especially for the bass bridge. The soundboard grain is also much closer to a right angle to the ribs. This Chickering 146 has fewer beams underneath but 4 additional soundboard ribs.
I've also a got a 1919 Chickering 123 that's the same length and it's interesting to compare the 2 pianos. Is it an oddball or very limited production? Only place I found any mention of this piano was in the book, 'Guide to restringing' by Travis. I did a search on the internet on “Chickering 146” but nothing came up.
