Wing & Sons piano serial number

[Randall Glidden]

Tom,
Thanks for the quick reply. I was curious as to the accuracy of Pierce.  My
piano has only 3 pedals; just as well, cuz I'm not sure how I would go about
restoring those orchestral attachments.

Randy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@attbi.com>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 12:12 PM
Subject: RE: Wing & Sons piano serial number


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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Randall Glidden
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 8:25 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Wing & Sons piano serial number
>
> I am currently working on an old Wing & Son upright and am having
> trouble
> locating a serial number. There is no number engraved on the plate, the
> pinblock, or anywhere else that I've been able to find.  However keys 1
> and
> 2 have the numbers 13684 writen in pencil on the top rear of each key.
> According to the Pierce Piano Atlas, if that is the serial number it
> would
> have been built between 1880-1885, however patent dates on the plate are
> as
> recent as 1892 and the patent engraved on the pedal assembly says 1894.
> I
> have a Wing Piano ad from an 1896 magazine that shows this exact style
> piano
> ("Style 7"), so mid 1890's seems a better bet. In addition a date on the
> action (also written in pencil) is "10/12/94"--could be 1994 but the "2"
> is
> an old style "curvy" 2 so could be 1894, and I have heard that the
> manufacture date was often written on the action frame in this manner. I
> have a copy of Wing's catalog/piano book from 1898, and at that time
> they
> had moved on to newer style pianos (i.e. style 7 was no longer available
> in
> 1898.)
>
> All the above would indicate a piano built between 1894 and 1898, but
> the
> serial number thing confounds me a bit.
>
> Any thoughts from masses?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Randy Glidden
> Boston Chapter PTG
> Associate Member
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Randy,
> I find the Pierce #'s occasionally vague, (No fault of the
> publisher) and from your research I would say the 1894 date would be my
> guess. Dates on plate castings can also help along with the penciled
> dates on the action rail and #1 key .Penciled tuning dates can confuse
> the issue, but they would be on top of the keys, not on the side.
> How many pedals does this baby have?
> Tom Driscoll RPT
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