<!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 6.00.6000.16643" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ginny-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is he old enough to do his own research?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tell him to read _Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos_ by Edwin Good.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed S. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=bearginny@gmail.com href="mailto:bearginny@gmail.com">Ginny Bear</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> Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Dating Square Grands and 8' Old Uprights</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>A piano technician friend who is not on this list asked me to put his question to you all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  He is writing a newsletter.   </SPAN>I had suggested Google, the library, and Wikipedia, but he said the answers were not there.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does anyone have any suggestions beyond those?</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"When were square grands made? Dates I've seen have ranged from 1830 to 1900. I wanted to know about the big solid wood ones with three foot pedals, which I think was 1845 to 1890 but not sure."</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"The other one was for the first upright pianos that were very tall, about 8 feet. The strings were from the keyboard height up and had wooden foot pedals. I saw the information somewhere but cannot find it now. The date that comes to mind is 1820, but again not sure."</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Ginny Bear</FONT></SPAN></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>