<!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 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Paul: I was pretty sure it was built during the Aeolean period but I was hoping that it was still being built in the old factory rather than in the Memphis factory, as were the 80's Masons.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Later.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gerald McCleskey RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shreveport, LA</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=pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">Paul T Williams</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:43 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mason&Hamlin 3118 revisited</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Gerald,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>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 face=sans-serif size=2>Have fun with it!  </FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B><<A href="mailto:mccleskey112@bellsouth.net">mccleskey112@bellsouth.net</A>></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A></FONT> <P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>02/19/2008 04:50 PM</FONT> <TABLE border=1> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD bgColor=white> <DIV align=center><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Please respond to<BR>Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org></FONT></DIV></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></P> <TD width="59%"> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>To</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><pianotech@ptg.org></FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>cc</FONT></DIV> <TD> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Subject</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Mason&Hamlin 3118 revisited</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 face=Arial size=2>It turns out that it was built in 1949 or 50. Is that a good year or not?</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 face=Arial size=2>Gerald McCleskey RPT</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shreveport, LA</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>