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<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-color: black"><FONT size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">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 style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It’s walnut, and piano tuner dates on it from
</SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Sydney</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> in
1915 and 1920, but I suspect (from hunting on the internet) that the piano is
older – possibly from around 1900 to 1905.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The metal part on the string frame of my piano is quite ornate, but does
not have F. Weber </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Berlin</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
stamped on it, which I gather many others do.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
serial number on mine is 18941.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>