Finding the serial#

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi Phil,
I just worked on a G Steck yesterday! Most likely the number that you found
was a case part number used to reassemble the piano after the finish had
been applied.
I found the serial number for this one on the right hand side of the beam
that reaches from the bass string pinblock area to the highest bass note
bridge.

If the piano has been restrung most likely they painted over the s#.

Describe the shape of the legs, that may give a clue to its age.
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Bondi <tito@PhilBondi.com>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 7:20 AM
Subject: Finding the serial#


> Yesterday, i appraised a Geo.Steck 6' Grand. The Serial#, or what I THINK
is the
> serial#, was imprinted on the Bass side, inside, where the action resides!
There
> was nothing on the rim, Plate, etc.
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> There is a business-card size 'thingy' on the bass side of the cabinet,
down
> towards the bridge, but there was no number to be found there..which makes
me
> think that there WAS a number there at one time, because the cabinet
appears to
> have been re-finished at one time.
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> IS the number that I found the serial#?
>
> If it is, the piano is 135 years old., and I have my doubts about that.
>
> Any help or info, as usual, is much appreciated.
>
> Rook
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> ps - is it me or am i getting some tough ones lately..?!?!?
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