<br><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> <div><br>I tune a Howard C140 made by Samick, they turned to Samick after Kawai, check there.</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike <br clear="all"><br>-- <br> <br><span>I think we are a product of all our experiences.</span> <br><span><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html" target="_blank">Sanford I. Weill</a></span> <br> <br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target="_blank">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target="_blank">mike@ifixpianos.com</a><br> </div>