John, Unless it went offlist, I didn't see any response to your queries. Unfortunately, I can only answer one of them... ... It was bought new in 1954 > * Was this piano made before the Chinese takeover? This was made WAAY before it became oriented. The factory was in full view, across the river from the Steinway factory. Conrad Hoffsommer Early to rise: early to bed; Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.
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