Bruce On some Baldwins, the serial number is stamped into the bottom of the keyframe, hidden under the legs and lyre. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Dornfeld <bdornfeld at earthlink.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sun, Jan 31, 2010 10:56 am Subject: [pianotech] Baldwin SD-10 dating I have recently started servicing a Baldwin 9’ concert grand. I want to find out is how old it is. It was purchased in 1983 from Chicago’s Baldwin store from their concert fleet. I am told it was used by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It has no serial number on the plate. The only thing I find on the keyslip and feyframe is the number 67482. If that were the serial number, the piano would be built in 1932. It was not. It has Accu-just hitch pins which were patented in 1969. I seem to have heard that many pianos in the concert fleet do not receive serial numbers until they are retired for the fleet; I guess that didn’t happen for this one. Do any of you have any ideas for determining this piano’s date of manufacture? Bruce Dornfeld, RPT bdornfeld at earthlink.net North Shore Chapter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100131/8e8b4b84/attachment.htm>
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