<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <style>.hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px}body.hmmessage{FONT-SIZE: 10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma}</style>List,<br><br>has anybody ever heard about that company called The Academy Pianoforte Works? That´s what the fallboard decal reads, also registered trademark, Dresden, Saxony. Has a Langer action from about 1900 (due to serial number of the action). What strikes me is that a German manufacturer made an English decal at that time. I found no records in my piano atlas or other sources.<br><br>By the way: it has a nice decal on the plate which reads 'Nichts halb'. That means: nothing half. Every time I tuned that piano it motivated me to give my very best :-)<br><br>Gregor<br><br /><hr />Explore the seven wonders of the world <a href='http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE' target='_new'>Learn more!</a></body> </html>