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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello John and List</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I didn't know Bell made double-framed
uprights. Bell were also made in U.K. The English piano which also =
uses
double iron frames is Monington & Weston - they are very stable (and =
h e a v
y )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
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href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John
Ross</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=files@ptg.org
href="mailto:files@ptg.org">files@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 15, 2005 4:19 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Files] Fw: Cast Iron =
Back
Frame</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG>?</DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
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href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>=
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I ran accross an interesting piano, =
the other
day. It had a cast backframe.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It was a Bell piano, manufactured in =
Canada.
Bell?made some nice sounding pianos, in the earlier part of the
century.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I forgot to take note of the serial #, =
so just
assume it was 1910 +/-</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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