Tom Thumb piano

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Hello Mr. Wyatt,


                 Inside the small piano, (which the customer referred to as a 
Tom Thumb piano), was a decal that bore the name 'Kramer' on it's harp plate. 
The harp plate was cast allowing an access hole for the serial number to be 
punched in the pinblock. There it bore the number 77227 punched in there with 
an old time wood numbers punch set. 

                  The piano was obvoiusly made for a child. As I was sitting 
on a standard size piano bench, I could not even get seated properly to play 
it, i.e. I couldn't get my knees under the bottom keybed area. (I don't know 
how the guy plays it that way). (Obvoiusly that's not it's original bench, 
either). The keyboard (I did not count the keys) had only about 3 to 4 octaves or 
so, perhaps 50 keys. Old as the hills, this thing was. Old, I tell you.

rookie,
Julia Gottchall.
Reading, PA  

In a message dated 2/18/04 10:27:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
JWyatt1492@aol.com writes:

> Hello Julie,
>   
>    May I ask why  you connect the name
>  of  "Tom Thumb"  and  "Kramer".
>   
>   The Pierce Atlas list Kramer as being 
> built  by  Gilbert  or  Kelso.  However
>  none of these production numbers
>  are close to the number you give.
>   
>    Regards,
>    Jack Wyatt
> 


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