<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cy --</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I saw that. But without my secret Pierce decoder ring it now appears I may have misinterpreted the real meaning of "T".  So, am I correct that the "T" isn't necessarily part of the actual serial number as it appears on the piano, it just sort of means "everything else"? In which case my "G" would in fact work out to be 1985. That sounds about right. Now I wonder what the "G" signifies. I mean besides possibly "grand". </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Wild guess appreciated. Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Geoff Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=375463601-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Cy Shuster<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 11, 2006 5:20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Looking for date on a Sherman Clay<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Reading between the lines of the Atlas, if they were most recently made by Kimball, p.191 of the 11th Ed. shows numbers with a "T" for "Misc. Kimball Brand" (which the Sherman Clay stencil might be?).  T21786 might be 1985.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>A wild guess...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>shuster</STRONG>piano.com</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=thetuner@ivories52.com href="mailto:thetuner@ivories52.com">Geoff Sykes</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:Pianotech@Ptg. Org">Pianotech@Ptg. Org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Looking for date on a Sherman Clay</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=296412900-12032006>I had the opportunity to work on a very nice Sherman Clay baby grand this afternoon. Pitch raise, fine tune and a couple minor repairs. Everybody's happy. I then went to look up the age of the piano, and while Pierce does have an entry for Sherman Clay it doesn't have anything listed even close to this serial number. Nor could I find anything on line. Many changes of ownership for the Sherman Clay name has left an void for this Sherman Clay model SDG1, serial number: G021786. Does anybody here know where else I might look to find this date? </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=296412900-12032006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=296412900-12032006>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=296412900-12032006>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 3/10/2006<BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>