Challen Grand Owned By Hurricane Smith Beatles sound engineer for first 5 Lps

A 1936, Challen baby grand piano with a mahogany case. Piano has an eighty-eight note keyboard and a two-pedal piano lyre. Ideal for a smaller space. Norman 'Hurricane' Smith was the studio engineer on all of the EMI recordings by The Beatles until 1965 when he was promoted from engineer to producer. John Lennon first bestowed upon Smith the nickname of 'Normal', and it was quickly picked up by the other Beatles. Lennon did so as a humorous reference to Smith's unhurried, unflappable and amiable nature. Smith engineered the sound for almost 100 Beatles songs in total. In early 1967, he began working with a new group, Pink Floyd, producing their first, second, and fourth studio albums. In 1971, Smith, using a recording artist pseudonym of Hurricane Smith, had a UK No. 2 hit with 'Don't Let It Die'. In 1972, he enjoyed a transatlantic hit with 'Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?', which became a US No. 1 Cash Box and a Billboard Pop No. 3 hit. It reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. Also included on Smith's self-titled debut album was a third hit single, a cover version of Gilbert O'Sullivan's 'Who Was It?'.