---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 Avery =20 Baldwin serial numbers can be found on the legs and lyre. (It's probably=20 easier to remove the lyre).=20 =20 About 25 years ago, I bought a 20 note 5'2 or 5'6" Baldwin grand for a=20 church we belonged to, and rebuilt it. I don't remember the exact year, bu= t I=20 believe it was made in the '20's.=20 =20 I also don't remember the action configuration on this particular piano, bu= t=20 I have seen the hammer rail you describe on several older Baldwin grands.=20 =20 Wim=20 =20 In a message dated 3/27/2005 9:38:49 A.M. Central Standard Time, =20 atodd@uh.edu writes: List, I worked on a Baldwin grand Saturday and I have a question about the serial= =20 number. The plate has been redone sometime in the past but the serial number was=20 not replaced. I found the number 6090 on the cheek blocks & key slip. Would I be correct=20= in assuming this is the serial number? If so, the Atlas lists that as being=20 built between 1895 & 1900. That seems a little old for this instrument. It's app. 5'+ long (I didn't have a tape measure with me), has a 20 note=20 bass with 7 notes (F2-B2 in the tenor) also having bass strings. It's obviously been =20 restrung more than once (it has 6/0 tuning pins!). Except for the 20 note bass on a small piano (Baldwin doesn't, do they?)=20 the only other thing that seemed different was the action rail where the hammer flanges=20 are screwed on. It was painted a gold color, with a ledge app. =BE" - 1" wide extending out= =20 from where the screws are and a factory type, small Baldwin decal on it. I've never seen=20 an action with that ledge before. but it was very handy for holding travel paper! :-) My primary question though, is about the age. The instrument is now in a =20 Masonic Lodge & the lady who originally owned the piano told my customer (who plays there)= =20 that she had bought it new in the 1960's. Just because of the action frame design alone,= =20 I seriously, seriously doubt that it was new then! Can anyone confirm about the serial number location(s)? Thanks. Avery ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/6f/b2/c5/3d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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