I have a customer who owns a small Marshall & Wendell Ampico grand.
The odd thing to me is that the case was done in quarter-sawn oak
veneers instead of the usual mahogany or walnut.  Has anyone seen any
other instruments in grand cases using oak?  The only other one I ever
saw was a Gulbransen grand that was custom built for a family member
back in the twenties.  I'd like to hear from the readers about this
oddity.

Jim Jelinek