<html><head><base href="x-msg://55/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I don't believe I ever saw a console made before 1936.<div><br><div>---Tom Gorley<br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:12 PM, David Porritt wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Marshall:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Just off the top of my head, if her mother-in-law played it I wouldn’t think it would have a 7 digit serial number. Back that far Chickering was part of Aeolean.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">dp<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Marshall Gisondi<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, July 14, 2011 5:54 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[pianotech] serial number<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">I evaluated a Chickering console today for a guy who wanted to take it, it was offered for free. The serial # 1314731. The atlas said it was manufactured in 1973. The woman who owned the piano said that her mother in law played it when she was young. this doesn't add up. Did I write the number down wrong or is there a glitch? thanks</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Marshall</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> <br><br></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><br></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">Marshall's Piano Service</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><br></span><em><b><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><a href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">pianotune05@hotmail.com</a></span></b></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><br></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">215-510-9400</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><br></span><em><b><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><a href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.phillytuner.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><br></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.pianotuningschool.org/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.pianotuningschool.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Vancouver, WA<br><br><br><br></span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>