At 17:44 +0100 17/04/2011, lee innocent wrote: >I have found the serial number now, underneath the keybed. Number >2770. Pierce piano atlas dates it as 1868. This cant be right >though can it? Full iron frame, overstrung underdamper? (closed face >pinblock) That is not the serial number. The serial number is stencilled in placck paint onto the plate. It's probably been painted over. It's almost certainly a pre-IV, about 1895. If you look on the side of the key for bottom A you may find a date with the workman's name, but I doubt it. JD
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