List, Another question about the Baldwin I worked on Saturday. I have a question about the serial number. The plate has been redone sometime in the past but the serial number was not replaced. I found the number 6090 on the cheek blocks & key slip. Would I be correct in assuming this is the serial number? If so, the Atlas lists that as being built between 1895 & 1900. That seems a little old for this instrument. It's app. 5'+ long (I didn't have a tape measure with me), has a 20 note bass with 7 notes (F2-B2 in the tenor) also having bass strings. It's obviously been restrung more than once (it has 6/0 tuning pins!). Except for the 20 note bass on a small piano (Baldwin doesn't, do they?) the only other thing that seemed different was the action rail where the hammer flanges are screwed on. It was painted a gold color, with a ledge app. ¾" - 1" wide extending out from where the screws are and a factory type, small Baldwin decal on it. I've never seen an action with that ledge before. but it was very handy for holding travel paper! :-) My primary question though, is about the age. The instrument is now in a Masonic Lodge & the lady who originally owned the piano told my customer (who plays there) that she had bought it new in the 1960's. Just because of the action frame design alone, I seriously, seriously doubt that it was new then! Can anyone confirm about the serial number location(s)? Thanks. Avery
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