Jon, At the Steinway factory it is one of the very last things done to a piano in its final finishing stages, just before it is being made ready to ship out. I guess it doesn't earn its number until it really is a completed piano. I don't know about any other manufacturers. Jeannie Jeannie Grassi, RPT Bainbridge Island, WA mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Jon Page Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 4:21 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: phantom serial number Ron, When, along the production line does a serial number become embossed upon a piano. Perhaps this was removed from the line (finish room, voicing etc.) and shipped to the customer. ? Just a thought, Jon Page At 12:39 PM 10/31/1999 -0600, you wrote: > >>Ron >> >>The serial number is stamped on the underside of the keybed, hidden by the >>legs. If you remove the tremble leg, you should find a number there, that >>should correspond with the bar code number found on the piano. If it is not, >>contact Baldwin. >> >>Wim > > >Thank you Wim, I didn't know that. I'll check it when I get the chance. Now >for the next question. Why was this done this way? I can't imagine that >Baldwin has gone to easily removable stickers as serial number IDs on all >their new grands. Besides being just too rinkey dink, it would make store >floor stock inventory and tracking impossible with every little sociopathic >crumb snatcher that wanders through randomly swapping identities among the >pianos. If it's not the norm for all the grands, why was it done in this case? > >Still spooked. > > >Ron N > Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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