Folks, At 06:12 11/2/2003 -0600, you wrote: >At 01:49 11/02/2003 -0800, you wrote: >>How long have the 243s / Hamiltons been made? I've played one or two >>which I thought were nice sounding pianos. Were they made (Hamiltons, >>not specific ones I played - I don't have the serial #) as early as, say, >>the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, ? > >> Stephen Airy > >Since the early '60s for the 243 - 743 scale, prior to that there was the >242 - can't remember offhand the scale number, but there are no wound >unisons on the long bridge on the 242. > >before that, there was the "Hamilton" studio (since the '30s?) ...back at work and going by actual observation rather than my usually fawlty memory... Earliest 243s we have here are 1962, the 242s are from 1955 and the Hamilton is from 1927, so I'd say that the basic Baldwin studio piano has been around for a long time... the 242s have 28B on the plate - scale?? Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 - Education is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.
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