[pianotech] Baldwin - Acrosonic Numbers?

[Joseph Garrett]

Which one? He asked about 3..<G>


> [Original Message]
> From: Encore Pianos <encorepianos at metrocast.net>
> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 1/13/2012 3:52:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [pianotech] Baldwin - Acrosonic Numbers?
>
> I dated this serial number from a Baldwin service manual that I have,
which
> contains the serial numbers for Acrosonics and other Baldwin products.  It
> dates this Acrosonic as being made in 1946.  
>
> Will Truitt
>
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> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Baldwin - Acrosonic Numbers?
>
> From: Ed Carwithen <edwcarw at yahoo.com>
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> Subject: [pianotech] Baldwin serial Numbers
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>  
> ????You must get tired of us trying to find the manufacture dates of
pianos,
> but you guys?always have more answers than me.? I have now found three
> pianos where the serial numbers make no sense.? All are Baldwins.? An
> acrosonic with a serial of 374468 which puts it in 2007, but it is
obviously
> older and has a tuner dating it in 1960 something.? Today a Howard (made
by
> Baldwin) with a number of 312706?putting it at 1993, but it has a tuners
> date in 1970.? Another Acrosonic serial of 395074 and that is past my
Pierce
> Atlas.? WHAT THE HECK?????? What is the secret of finding a date on a
> Baldwin?? 
> ?
> Ed,
> Did you ever think to look under ACROSONIC?!! <G>(or...Howard, Hamilton?)
> Most of these queries have to do with techs not learning how to use the
Atas
> as it was intended....and then, not reading it correctly.. Sheesh! OR, not
> carrying it with them out in the field. Or, just to cheap to buy one.<G>
The
> serial numbers given are 1946, 1941 & 1947, all Acrosonic numbers
according
> to my olde Atlas,(The Howard could have been under the Hamilton numbers,
but
> you said it had a 1970 tuner date, so it has to be Acrosonic number). ( I
> have them all of the Atlas's, including the original Michelle's, up to the
> newest.<g>) I will admit, that, as long as the Atlas has been around, it
is
> most confusing and sometimes just downright WRONG!
> Case in point, the numbers for 7' & 9' Knabes. There was a separate system
> for those and the ATLAS dude was convinced, (by a well known technician),
to
> drop that information, because that tech didn't agree with the
information!!
> What's that all about? Then there's all the Yacht Club stuff and the
Famous
> People pictures etc., which most of us really could care less about.<G> I
> will say thank you to the Son who is continuing to maintain it, even after
> his Father's demise. He's to be complimented on that. I suspect it is not
> all that profitable and can eat up a whole lot of time maintaining it. In
> the past I've sent varifiable information to upgrade certain manufacturers
> stats, but it's never surfaced in the newer ones, so I'm wondering if it's
> just a "Black Hole".?
> Best Regards,
> Joe
>
>
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
>
>