<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Cambria Math; } @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-style-type: personal-compose } .MsoChpDefault { mso-style-type: export-only } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Fred,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The 'Koninklijke Nederlandse Pianofabriek' had a factory in Tilburg, the Netherlands owned by M.J.H. Kessels. They started in 1880 with sheetmusic and later sold and manufactured all kinds of instruments. They closed the piano department in1922.  I couldn't find a list with serial numbers but I found a website where you can ask for more info.(<A href="http://www.muziekinstrumentenmuseum.nl/index.php?cmd=content&cat=45&mit=6">http://www.muziekinstrumentenmuseum.nl/index.php?cmd=content&cat=45&mit=6</A>)  Click on contact and fill in the email form. The website is in Dutch, so if you need some help please let me know. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Arnold Duin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS I included a picture of an advertisement of the piano. Some more pictures at: http://home.planet.nl/~hofst256/kessels%20sr.htm</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=thepianoman@comcast.net href="mailto:thepianoman@comcast.net">Fred Brown III</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> Monday, June 30, 2008 1:09 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Kon.Ned Pianofabriek</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>I have a piano customer from South Africa that is trying to find out how old her piano is.<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>The fallboard says”Kon.Ned Pianofabriek, Tilburg s/n 22376<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>It is not in Pierce’s. Any help would be much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Fred Brown RPT<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Atl GA<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>