[ ...  Angelico Valerio recalled working in the Ampico research
 [ laboratory on the tenth floor of the Chickering Building on 57th
 [ St., above several floors of piano sales rooms.  He said the
 [ Knabe Building was at 584 Fifth Ave., at 47th St.  -- Robbie

And the big red chimney in East Rochester, New York, still bears the
white bricks forming the word AMPICO.  The actual building is now
a mall called "The Piano Works", with second floor offices, and its
sign has a keyboard as part of its motif.  So memories are strong here;
but even the last of the piano tuners, many of them blind guys, are
dying out now.

I sure wish I'd taken notes and pumped our piano tuner friend, who
worked there for many years, for more info; too late now.  But he said
many brands were made there, as private labels, some to have players
added later.

Will Herzog

 [ See "Ampico Rochester Factory Recollections" by Bruce Clark at
 [ http://mmd.foxtail.com/archives/Digests/199612/1996.12.20.06.html 
 [ -- Robbie