<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>How old.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Willis was a Canadian manufacturer. They started production in 1869.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>In 1965, they were up to 47,000 units.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Went out of business in late 70's or early 80's.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=purdy@ohio.edu href="mailto:purdy@ohio.edu">Christopher Purdy</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 29, 2005 4:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] willis piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Does anyone know who made Willis pianos? I assume it is a stencil made for Willis Music in Cincinnati. Any possibility someone has access to more recent serial numbers that could date this bird for me? It is a Willis G-1A #8610195<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Chris<BR><BR><BR><I><?fontfamily><?param Lucida Calligraphy>Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.<BR>School of Music, Ohio University<BR>Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall<BR>Athens, OH 45701<BR>Office (740) 593-1656<BR>Cell (740) 590-3842<BR>fax (740) 593-1429<BR><?/fontfamily></I>http://www.ohiou.edu/music</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>