<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Gerald,</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I beleive this is an "Aeolean" stencil piano.  They bought several names back in the 30's and 40's and really did a number on those great old names.  Not nearly the grand quality of those old "real" M&H's</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Have fun with it!  </font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paul</font> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b><mccleskey112@bellsouth.net></b> </font> <br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</font> <p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">02/19/2008 04:50 PM</font> <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to<br> Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org></font></div></table> <br> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div> <td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><pianotech@ptg.org></font> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">cc</font></div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Subject</font></div> <td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Mason&Hamlin 3118 revisited</font></table> <br> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> <br></table> <br> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Arial">Hey: Yesterday I went to service M&H # 3118. It turned out that it was really # 57076. # 3118 was, as you might expect, the shop number.</font> <br><font size=2 face="Arial">It turns out that it was built in 1949 or 50. Is that a good year or not?</font> <br><font size=2 face="Arial">Thanks for your efforts. The moral of this story: never trust a client to give you the serial number. </font> <br><font size=3> </font> <br><font size=2 face="Arial">Gerald McCleskey RPT</font> <br><font size=2 face="Arial">Shreveport, LA</font> <br><font size=3> </font> <br>