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<DIV>Avery</DIV>
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<DIV>Baldwin serial numbers can be found on the legs and lyre. (It's
probably easier to remove the lyre). </DIV>
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<DIV>About 25 years ago, I bought a 20 note 5'2 or 5'6" Baldwin grand for
a church we belonged to, and rebuilt it. I don't remember the exa=
ct
year, but I believe it was made in the '20's. </DIV>
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<DIV>I also don't remember the action configuration on this particular
piano, but I have seen the hammer rail you describe on several older
Baldwin grands. </DIV>
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<DIV>Wim </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/27/2005 9:38:49 A.M. Central Standard Time,
atodd@uh.edu writes:</DIV>
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size=2>List,<BR><BR>I worked on a Baldwin grand Saturday and I have a qu=
estion
about the serial <BR>number.<BR>The plate has been redone sometime in the =
past
but the serial number was <BR>not replaced.<BR>I found the number 6090 on =
the
cheek blocks & key slip. Would I be correct in<BR>assuming this is the=
serial number? If so, the Atlas lists that as being <BR>built between<BR>1=
895
& 1900. That seems a little old for this instrument.<BR><BR>It's app. =
5'+
long (I didn't have a tape measure with me), has a 20 note <BR>bass with
7<BR>notes (F2-B2 in the tenor) also having bass strings. It's obviously b=
een
<BR>restrung more<BR>than once (it has 6/0 tuning pins!).<BR><BR>Except fo=
r
the 20 note bass on a small piano (Baldwin doesn't, do they?) <BR>the only=
other<BR>thing that seemed different was the action rail where the hammer
flanges <BR>are screwed on.<BR>It was painted a gold color, with a ledge a=
pp.
¾" - 1" wide extending out <BR>from where the<BR>screws are and a factor=
y
type, small Baldwin decal on it. I've never seen <BR>an action with<BR>tha=
t
ledge before. but it was very handy for holding travel paper! :-)<BR><BR>M=
y
primary question though, is about the age. The instrument is now in a
<BR>Masonic Lodge &<BR>the lady who originally owned the piano t=
old
my customer (who plays there) <BR>that she had<BR>bought it new in the 196=
0's.
Just because of the action frame design alone, <BR>I seriously, seriously
doubt that it was new then!<BR><BR>Can anyone confirm about the serial num=
ber
location(s)? Thanks.<BR><BR>Avery<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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