>Anyone know anything about Behning and Sons out of New York? I got >called into do a rebuild estimate and I was surprised by what I >thought was going to be a potential junk yard sentencing. It's a >5'3" grand with a Wessel,Nickel &Gross action serial # 52336. >Nothing in Pierce. I would appreciate any knowledge. Thanks. What do you want to know about Behning? The company goes way back to 1861. Behning originated from germany, having worked for Helmholtz, from whom he learned about pianos. There's a stack of historical information in Spillane (1890), but not, of course, covering the period of your piano if it's 20th c. Stephen -- Dr Stephen Birkett Associate Professor Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 E3 Room 3158 tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 fax: 519-746-4791 PianoTech Lab Room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett
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