Pierce Interpretation...

[David ilvedson]

No, Anderson & Co. decided to start numbering at #45,000 
there first year possibly so it looked like they had built a lot of 
pianos?  The Pierce Atlas is not to be taken as gospel 
folks...just a close approximation in general and very accurate 
with some manufacturers such as Steinway...

David Ilvedson, RPT

Date sent:      	Tue, 30 Mar 1999 15:38 -0500
From:           	"JPIESIK" <JPIESIK@arinc.com>
To:             	"pianotech@ptg.org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Subject:        	Re[3]: Pierce Interpretation...
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> Jim,
> 
> Using that logic, is it correct to assume that Anderson & Co. produced 45,000 
> pianos in their first year, 1914? I'm also stumped.
> 
> John Piesik, RPT
> Oceanside, CA
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/30/99 11:25:13 AM, you wrote:
>      
> <<Jay,
>      
> I have always thought that the 21400 was the first piano built in 1907 and 
> that 24100 was the first piano built in 1908.
>      
> Tom>>
>      
> Jay, Tom;
>  Just the thing to clear the cobwebs and quit working for a minute :-)
> I had this same question and used the name of "Bord" as my reasoning as far as 
> the atlas goes.
>  The 9th edition lists Bord (by Pleyel) as being founded in 1840, it also
> lists the serial No. 1, in 1840, the next listing is for 1845 where the serial 
> number rises to No. 1200.  Now I took/take  this to mean that "Bord" produced 
> one piano in 1840, so that was the last piano produced that year...right? If 
> that reasoning is correct than serial No. 1200 was the last piano produced in 
> 1845....right?
>      
>    So far, so good......but do the serial numbers reflect actual "units"
> produced or just assigned serial numbers........ in other words if a unit is 
> destroyed in production, or is found to be totally unsuitable for sale, does 
> the serial number just switch to another unit? Or is that number just skipped 
> over?  The plot thickens and I have no answer :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)
> 


David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net