I may be doing some work on old "Ahlstrom" upright, and am having trouble finding historical information on them... Pierce Piano Atlas has very little on them, and has no serial number list. I found this information from the website ( http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/kron1.htm ) ----------------- AHLSTROM PIANO COMPANY Established by Mr. C.A. Ahlstrom, who was a noted piano expert of the era and whose ideas aided in the development of the Piano Industry. The Ahlstrom "ARTONE" piano was marked by several improvements, such as the non-blocking Action and a device for dividing tone volume, which enabled the production of a sustained pianissimo tone in the bass for the accompaniment, with the normal tone in the treble for melody. This device is used today by virtually every piano maker in the world as the left pedal on every vertical piano manufactured. The "ARTONE" name was used to designate the special characteristics of Ahlstrom Pianos because of their highly perfected construction and artistic tone. An Ahlstrom "ARTONE" Upright piano may be worthy of rebuilding. One of the few upright-vertical pianos in the world worth the time and investment to do so. This also applies to the Player-Pianos known as the "ARTONOLO," and the Ahlstrom grands known as the "ART-GRAND" and "ART- REPRODUCING" Grand Expression - Reproducing Player Pianos - Not just a player piano but a player piano that plays with the exact amount of loud and soft expression by the artist. All "ART-REPRODUCING" Pianos are collectors items that command very high prices. 1900 - 1000 1905 - 2900 1910 - 3900 1915 - 4900 1920 - 6600 1921 - 7200 1922 - 7800 1923 - 8600 1924 - 9150 1925 - 9870 1926 - 10480 Piano values will vary with age, type of wood, style and condition. ------------ The problem is that this piano has the serial #27156, and that does not fit. Any idea how valid this website is? [kurt] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090130/0ee4ce4e/attachment.html>
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