I saw your pictures, Yes it says Fox Oakland Calif in raised letters on the plate, which is what I remembered from a Fox Player I saw in SF. back in the 70's. The proper decal on the fall board should be Fox. Yes some parts like a strung back, (which includes back support, pinblock, soundboard and strings could be ordered from a piano manufacturer and then the case and keyboard and action put in by the local manufacturer. If that is case of the Fox piano they might have used Cable Co. for two years, Kohler for 10 years, and Krell for 15 years after that. Or they might have ordered the whole piano from any one of a number of Chicago mass manufacturers with the Fox name already attached. Unless you can uncover some records from the Fox company you will never be sure of who made what parts of a particular piano in question. The paper sticker on the back of the pinblock was an effort to stabilize prices. Kind of like the MAP policy today... minimum advertised price. A bunch of companies used that sticker---it does not indicate who made the piano. It only indicates what dealer or wholesaler agreed to subscribe to that policy. Richard Moody -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jay Forte Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:45 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Fox Piano Co. Greetings; I'm in the middle of refinishing "grandma's" piano for a customer. What I am in need of is some help in identifying who manufactured this piano for Fox pianos. I believe it was a stencil piano. My thoughts are it could have been made by Aeolian, Cable, Gulbransen, Conn, Kohler , etc. I need to put a decal back on when it is finished, so I would like to at least be accurate with the manufacture's decal. I know I could get a custom decal for this old box, but maker is probably close enough. The only clue I have in I.D. is the sticker on the back. I know I've seen this before on others I've serviced, but I just can't remember who used it. Of course, I could always make it a S&S : >. Thanks to all; Jay Forte'
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