<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body style="margin: 5px 10px 10px; background-position: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Thank you.  Pic cut off at the 2 ends on my PC, so not able to tell how many keys there are, but could be from another year. I suspect that the age you mention sounds about right.  Other than that, it kind of looks similar.    Just trying to inform my client , cause she is quite interested .  Carl Jurgen Goering wrote: <blockquote cite="midf84e2ce89eaea4838f56fd135584fbb0@pianofortesupply.com" type="cite">I had a Columbus "Boudoir" piano in my shop 2 years ago, #1150. Is yours like this one? I couldn't date this one properly, a rough guess would be early 1900s. It supposedly came from an old yacht (heard that story too many times to believe it). I had to get special hammers for it (straight/flat strung, all hammers the same length). I have to say I liked it when it was done. Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply (250) 754-2440 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@pianofortesupply.com">info@pianofortesupply.com</a> <hr size="4" width="90%"> <center><img src="cid:part1.08080904.04030302@shaw.ca"></center> On Sep 20, 2006, at 11:00 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</a> wrote: <blockquote>Encountered an unusaual , for me, piano today , and hoping someone will be able to clue me in with some info., as to age , etc. It is a Columbus Piano , # 5838. This has a short keyboard. Starting at F, and finishing at A, I think. Thank you all in advance, in case I forget . Carl / Winnipeg. </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>