<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; WORD-WRAP: break-word; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space"> <P>1. If you are trying to date an old piano, I suggest you improve your appearance, self-confidence, and personal hygene so you can meet some females of your own species.</P> <P>2. 1895</P> <P>3. What A440 standard? (An old discussion .... )<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR><BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Jim Keaney" <JMKEANEY@COMCAST.NET><BR>To: pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 02/03/2007 4:53:44 PM<BR>Subject: Piano age<BR><BR> <P align=left>Hello.</P> <DIV>Can anyone help me date the following piano.</DIV> <DIV>Sohmer : 25599 #9</DIV> <DIV>I tuned an old but beautiful sohmer grand (6ft?) today. On the plate, I noticed A : 435, so it was built before the A440 standard.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Thanks!<BR> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV>Jim Keaney</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>