<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ed</FONT></div> <div> </div> <div>Even though they are Baldwin products, the Acrosonic have their own serial numbers. </div> <div> </div> <div>Acrosonic with a serial of 374468, according to Pearce, was built in 1946.</div> <div>Another Acrosonic serial of 395074, is 1947</div> <div> </div> <div>According to Pearce, Howard pianos prior to 1959 and after 1968, used Acrosonic numbers. From 1959 - 1968, they use their own numbers, going from 40000 to 106212. After that they used the Acrosonic numbers again. So your Howard 312706 was made in 1942. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim</div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"><A style="COLOR: #5e96ea; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="https://www.boxbe.com/overview" target=_blank></A></BLOCKQUOTE></div> <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Ed Carwithen <edwcarw@yahoo.com><br> To: Piano List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, Jan 12, 2012 5:50 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] Baldwin serial Numbers<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_cdd83981-42e8-4626-8aa8-6f52a8de0e82> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #777; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><A style="COLOR: #5e96ea; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="https://www.boxbe.com/overview" target=_blank><IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -1px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" alt=Boxbe src="http://www.boxbe.com/images/logo_dark_small.png" width=64></A> <IMG src="http://www.boxbe.com/stfopen?tc=10455367979_860341621"> You chose to allow Ed Carwithen (<A href="mailto:edwcarw@yahoo.com">edwcarw@yahoo.com</A>) even though this message failed authentication <br> <A style="COLOR: #5e96ea; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="https://www.boxbe.com/anno?tc=10455367979_860341621&action=authfail&set=false" target=_blank>Click to disallow</A> <br> </div> </div>  <div id=AOLMsgPart_5_cdd83981-42e8-4626-8aa8-6f52a8de0e82> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <div><SPAN class=tab>    You must get tired of us trying to find the manufacture dates of pianos, but you guys always have more answers than me.  I have now found three pianos where the serial numbers make no sense.  All are Baldwins.  An acrosonic with a serial of 374468 which puts it in 2007, but it is obviously older and has a tuner dating it in 1960 something.  Today a Howard (made by Baldwin) with a number of 312706 putting it at 1993, but it has a tuners date in 1970.  Another Acrosonic serial of 395074 and that is past my Pierce Atlas.  WHAT THE HECK?????  What is the secret of finding a date on a Baldwin?  </SPAN></div> <div><SPAN class=tab></SPAN> </div> <div><SPAN class=tab>Ed Carwithen</SPAN></div> <div><SPAN class=tab>John Day, OR</SPAN></div> </div> </div> </div> </font>