<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Bell did make an excellent piano, but went bankrupt in 1934. The assets were picked up by Lesage Piano, of Ste Therese de-Blainville, Quebec.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>In 1934 the serial numbers started at 34,000. This info is from, Downright Upright by Wayne Kelly.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Further information on Bell Pianos can be followed from a link on this web page, </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.mbicommunications.com/"></A></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.mbi-communications.com/">http://www.mbi-communications.com/</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I think that Willis might have used the name as well.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I think the original Bells would make an excellent project.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=howardturner350@yahoo.ca href="mailto:howardturner350@yahoo.ca">Howard Turner</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> Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> bell piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Recently tuned a Bell console piano. The archives indicate that Bell pianos made in Ontario in the early 1900s were quality instruments. This one was made in <U>Quebec</U> and of course not of 1900s vintage. It had  been sitting untuned for some years but pitch had not dropped to badly -14c at A440. Key tops are starting to pop off and some keys would rather be manually lifted up after playing than return on thier own. Anyone know when these were built? Are they considered good quality thus worth fixing up. (sorry no serial #), It did not appear to be of poor quality but being new to this work I am no judge. Thanks for any info.  <P> <HR SIZE=1> The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40705/*http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca"><B>All-new Yahoo! Mail.</B></A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>