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<DIV>39 World's Fair was New York. 33 World's fair was Chicago.</DIV>
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<DIV>Your musings sent me on a late night search for 39 World's
Fair+piano.</DIV>
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<DIV>This is the best of what I found.</DIV>
<DIV>Vintage pianos ads. This site will keep me busy for days and
days.</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://shop.vendio.com/vintageads4u/page/0/25/?search_cmd=1&ca=
teg=7833">http://shop.vendio.com/vintageads4u/page/0/25/?search_cmd=1&am=
p;categ=7833</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Another search of RCA+piano+world's fair gave me these:</DIV>
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<DIV>History of David Sarnoff, who developed commercial radio was
president of RCA. Do you think Bill Gates took a lesson from his
life?</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.geocities.com/neveyaakov/electro_science/sarnoff.html">ht=
tp://www.geocities.com/neveyaakov/electro_science/sarnoff.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Dude ... you forgot that Cristofori guy. Otherwise interesting
timeline of electronica.</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.jam2dis.com/j2delectronicahist4.htm">http://www.jam2dis.c=
om/j2delectronicahist4.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>It looks like Earl Hines toured with a piano like yours. See
1940:</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.fenderrhodes.com/history/timeline.php">http://www.fenderr=
hodes.com/history/timeline.php</A></DIV>
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<DIV>There is obviously a market for 39 World's Fair collectibles. =
; A
whole other world ('s fair) is out there for you to find.</DIV>
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<DIV>Lisa Weller</DIV>
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<DIV>P. S, If my mother lets me, I'll take a look at the collection of
memorabilia my father collected when he was a kid and spent the summer going=
to
the fair. </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>