Hello Clark,
You did not state the size of the piano this
would have been much help.
The number you give could have been one of two
pianos that come to my mind. Both happen to be 4' 6".
One is the Lester scale 75 the other is a scale 74 .
This is a Baldwin product. This one is easy to idenify.
It has a triangle bowl with a solid bottom and sides
cast into the plate on the bent side. It has standard
Baldwin whips with the loop in the repetition spring.
Also it comes under several names.
The Lester has a standard Pratt-Read action with is
easly recognizable by the jack. Sometimes it's plate
has a "crinkle" finish.
Pictures of the scaling at the pin block and close
up of the side of the action is of much help.
Regards,
Jack Wyatt
Dallas,
In a message dated 11/9/2008 2:25:52 P.M. Central Standard Time,
CSPRAGUE4 at woh.rr.com writes:
Esteemed Listees:
Could anyone be of some help in finding out the manufacturer of a piano
that has only 1 marking on the plate that may be some clue? I am working on
one of those sentimental pianos, they just had to have it somewhat re-done,
as opposed to getting something else. I need to try to find out who made it,
and there is only 1 clue on the piano (that I can find).
The plate has the number 76 with a bar under it on the tail. This
number is cast in the plate. It kind of looks like 76.
It has only 1 beam underneath, a pretty massive inner rim, and one other
thing that perplexes me. It has a number that looks like the serial number
painted on the plate, behind the mid-treble hitch pins, but a different six-digit
number stamped on the front of the keyframe and on the keybed (those two
numbers match). I can't find anything on the action, or under the piano that
might give any other indications. HELP!!!!!!!!!
Clark A. Sprague, RPT
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