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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thank you. I read that- found the
Acrosonic number, but found the Kawai one, too.&nbsp; It &#8220;looked&#8221; pretty beaten up,
and I thought older than Kawai number indicated- but it evidently just had a
hard life&#8230;&#8230;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thanks again<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>David Nereson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 18, 2011
9:01 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">pianotech@ptg.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [pianotech] hex size</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7/32&quot;<br>
<br>
Pierce Piano Atlas says prior to 1959 and after 1968, use Acrosonic
numbers.&nbsp; After 1966, grands made by Kawai -- use Kawai numbers; still
later, made by Samick.&nbsp; <br>
There's also an R.S. Howard, made by Janssen.<br>
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--David Nereson, RPT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Leslie Bartlett &lt;<a
href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What&#8217;s the
hex size to get into an <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Everett</st1:place></st1:City>
piano?&nbsp; Thought I had the right one in bag, and it turned out to be a
Kawai leg hex.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Also&nbsp;
the brand &#8220;Howard&#8221;, produced by Kawai.&nbsp; Does one search Kawai numbers, or <st1:place
w:st="on">Baldwin</st1:place> numbers, or Acrosonic numbers to learn the age of
such a thing.? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks much</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Les bartlett</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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