<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, the 243 is a Hamilton studio size model designation. <br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Oct 6, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Ken & Pat Gerler wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>If you look under "Hamilton" in the/any atlas after 1975, you will find Hamilton's started at 296876 in 1975, Soooo, the warranty card info is correct.<br><br>Ken Gerler<br><br>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Garrett" <<a href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</a>><br>To: "pianotech" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br>Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 9:48 PM<br>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Atlas Listing Very Wrong?????????<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">It was stated by Michael Magness: "The music store I do tuning/tech work<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for has the owner's mother's piano on<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the floor for sale, one of the sales people asked me how old it was, I<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">pulled out my older Atlas ('89) I keep in the car to look it up. It's a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Baldwin 243 #299218, my atlas didn't go that high for Baldwin. The warranty<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">packet was inside so I looked in it & it said 1975, when I got home i looked<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">it up again in my new (11th edition) atlas it says 1992?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Anyone have any ideas?"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">YUP!<G> In a way it's a Baldwin...Product....otherwise known as a Hamilton.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Baldwin Co. like Broadwood, has a very screwed up numbering system,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">imnsho!<G><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Best,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Captain of the Tool Police<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Squares R I<br></blockquote><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>