<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV> <DIV>Jim, Larry, list....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can't resist this....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>While conducting early Steinway grand research I just learned that the very first production ancestor to the model "B" Steinway, and the first production Steinway to resemble a modern Steinway, was sold to someone in....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mexico!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is a big deal, and I'd love to locate it (I'm still on a high from finding the first "B" prototype, #19434 double iron grand prototype, in Belgium.....)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> The serial number is #25006, and it was sold to “A Wagner & Levien  Mexico July 18, 1872”   I assume that this was a dealer.  The piano will look like an early jointed-rim Steinway, only 6'8", but with modern full plate and a model "B" stringing scale (20 note bass).    So ask Larry Fine to keep his eyes open for it, OK?    :)   Bill Shull     In a message dated 6/4/2007 3:06:53 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jim_busby@byu.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV class=Section1> Oh, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lawrence</st1:place></st1:City>,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Larry Fine spends months at a time down there. Maybe he has a second house there or something. He’d know what’s up too.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jim<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Becker, Lawrence (beckerlr) Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 3:07 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: [CAUT] Moving Piano to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> I have a customer who is moving to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>, near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mexico City</st1:City></st1:place>.  She is thinking of buying the piano which is on loan to her and moving it down there.  It is a 1969 Yamaha G2.  I don’t know anything about the price or availability of used pianos there, or the state of piano technology.  Anyone know about the piano scene in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place>, and/or have an opinion as to whether it is worth shipping this piano there?  Thanks for any help.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lawrence</st1:City></st1:place> Becker, RPT<o:p></o:p> Piano Technician<o:p></o:p> College-Conservatory of Music<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </DIV></BODY></HTML>