This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: JWyatt1492@aol.com=20 To: Pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: January 20, 2003 8:02 AM Subject: Miniature To List, The answer to most all questions lies is the past. This question is no different. =20 Prior to 1884 there were no small 5 ft. or so pianos built. There were mostly 7 & 8ft.=20 Hugo Shomer changed all that in 1884. He introduced a , first ever, 5 ft. Piano. =20 Ah, but Jack, that doesn't explain the 5 ft Goetze piano I have in my = shop built around 1875 or 1880 (according to dating on the interior of = the instrument). Built in St Petersburg, Russia. (I know, Pierce shows = them starting in 1902...what can I say?) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/df/b5/f5/06/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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