[pianotech] Haynes baby grand

[Rob McCall]

Greetings List,

I came across a 5'6" Baby Grand that has "Haynes" stenciled on the  
fallboard.  Nothing on the soundboard or anywhere else to give me any  
other information.  It has a serial number of 4429. This number is  
repeated in several places.  However, this number doesn't match up at  
all with the Haynes, NY pianos in the Pierce Piano Atlas, or anything  
else that says Haynes in the book.

The owner thinks it's from 1931, but I found a pencil mark on the side  
of the action that has a date marked 11/17/25, so I'm thinking that  
might be the date or close to it.

Anyone ever come across one of these?  Do you have an idea of the date  
it was made? Does this have any intrinsic value?

It's in desperate need of new strings and tuning pins (lots of rust),  
pinblock, new hammers/shanks/flanges, rebuild the action, etc.  The  
soundboard appears to be intact yet the bass bridge is about to  
splinter into 1,000 pieces. The case was refinished about 10 years ago  
and looks nice, but the innards, well... suck.

I'm trying to ascertain for my client if it's worth rebuilding the  
insides but it's hard to find out any info about this particular  
piano.  Any help would be appreciated. By the way, there's a strong  
emotional bond with this piano and it's owners. She took lessons on it  
as a child, etc. so I know that'll affect their decision, but I wanted  
to give them some logical input as well.

Thanks!

Rob McCall
Murrieta, CA