<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>John,</DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the response; however, I have several Kawai built Howard's in my customer base and Kawai never used a alpha character as the first in the model number and serial numbers were at least six digits.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ken</DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kenneth.gerler@prodigy.net href="mailto:kenneth.gerler@prodigy.net">Ken & Pat Gerler</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 01, 2011 10:26 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Howard C171 #42733</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Kawai made Howards for a time. Check under Kawai's serial numbers. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>-- <BR> <DIV>John Formsma, RPT<BR></DIV> <DIV>Blue Mountain, MS</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ken & Pat Gerler <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:kenneth.gerler@prodigy.net">kenneth.gerler@prodigy.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Hello all,<BR>I had a customer call asking me about a "Howard" Grand Model C171, serial number 42733.  I suggested with that model and serial number information it was probably a "Samik" product.  They had called Gibson and been told it was a 1959 product, but whomever it was had looked in Pierce under Howard and didn't read the description that those numbers were for spinets and consoles.<BR><BR>Any one have an idea as to age and manufacturer?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR><BR>Ken Gerler<BR><A href="mailto:kenneth.gerler@prodigy.net" target=_blank>kenneth.gerler@prodigy.net</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>