Gordon If the customer really wants to know the age and Pierce comes up with nothing, you could take a guess based on style, finish color, etc., and then explain to the customer that you simply counted the annular rings in the soundboard. Assuming they have a sense of humor. Tom Cole pnotnr at aol.com wrote: > 99% of the time it seems that I can find the year of manufacture for a > piano in the Pierce Atlas, but every so often I hit a dead end. For > example, I just saw a Hudson Console piano with a serial number > 285578. I looked up Hudson and no #'s are given, but it says that > Hudson was made by Wellsmore and Jacob Doll.
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