How to find age of Baldwin 6'3

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 14:24 4/11/2005, you wrote:
>Hello everyone--
>
>Does anyone know how I might find the age of a Baldwin 6'3" that I just
>purchased?  I'm doing a complete rebuild on it and cannot find a serial
>number ANYWHERE.  What I have found...is what I think is a CASE number.
>That number is 8140.  If I were to base the age off of that number and from
>the Pierce Atlas...it would put the piano being built between 1895 and 1900.
>BUT, I do not think it is that vintage.  There seems to be a date on the
>underside of the plate indicating 1922..but I'm not sure of that either.
>Then also on the underside of the plate, written in chalk is the same "case
>number" of 8140 that I've found imprinted on many of the case parts after
>stripping them.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Andrew Olson
>Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin



Crawl under and look up at the back of the belly/action cavity.



Conrad Hoffsommer

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