<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Re: Trying to Date F Weber German Piano</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"/> <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Dating a piano? Man, that is kinky.</div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"> </div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Sorry, slow day.<br/><br/>Alan Barnard<br/>Salem, MO<br/><br/></div> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 12pt; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Stephen Grattan" <lostchordclinic@ameritech.net> </lostchordclinic@ameritech.net><br/>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 5/6/2008 6:29:49 AM<br/>Subject: Re: Trying to Date F Weber German Piano<br/><br/> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"> <div> </div> <div align="left">Hi Terry,</div> <div> </div> <div>The Atlas has no info other than a listing of the name F. Weber and 1860, Berlin. Sorry!<br/> </div> <div><strong><font color="#0000ff">Steve Grattan</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font color="#0000ff">Lost Chord Clinic</font></strong></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><br/><br/> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<br/>From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br/>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br/>Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 5:16:36 AM<br/>Subject: Fw: Trying to Date F Weber German Piano<br/><br/> <style>  </style> <div><font face="Arial">I got an email from someone trying to date their German Weber piano. My Pierce is MIA. Can someone look this up and let me know? I'll pass it on to her.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Terry Farrell</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div style="font: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <div style="background: #e4e4e4"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt"><span>  </span></span></font></div> </div> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt">I have just got my great-grandmother’s F. Weber piano out of storage, and I’m interested in learning as much as I can about it.<span>  </span>It’s walnut, and piano tuner dates on it from </span></font><font size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt">Sydney</span></font><font size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt"> in 1915 and 1920, but I suspect (from hunting on the internet) that the piano is older – possibly from around 1900 to 1905.<span>  </span>The metal part on the string frame of my piano is quite ornate, but does not have F. Weber </span></font><font size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt">Berlin</span></font><font size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt"> stamped on it, which I gather many others do.<span>  </span>However the nameplate near the keys says “F. Weber”, and has the F. Weber distinctive three medals-faces on either side of the name-board.<span>  </span>I could send photos of this (and photos of ones I’ve grabbed from other pianos from the net) but am reluctant to send an unsolicited email with photo attachments as you may not want to open them, fearing they may contain viruses etc, so I’ve refrained in the first instance. I can send photos if you’re interested.</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt">Anyway, I was just wondering whether you ever managed to date your F Weber piano, and if so if you found a place on the piano where a date may have been <span class="GramE">written?</span><span>  </span>The serial number on mine is 18941.<span>  </span></span></font></div> </div> </div><br/> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>