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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ginny: Ask Jack Wyatt. He'll know.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gerald McCleskey</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=bearginny@gmail.com href="mailto:bearginny@gmail.com">Ginny Bear</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:36
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Dating Square Grands and 8' Old
Uprights</DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></P>
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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>