<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19170"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wim,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Would that not be 1941 on that 312706 Howard instead of 1942?  1942 appears to have started with SN 314000. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV>Richard W. Bushey<BR>Richard's Piano Service<BR><A href="http://www.RichardsPianoService.com">www.RichardsPianoService.com</A><BR><A href="mailto:Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com">Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com</A><BR>573-765-9903</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tnrwim@aol.com href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=edwcarw@yahoo.com href="mailto:edwcarw@yahoo.com">edwcarw@yahoo.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:22 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Baldwin serial Numbers</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV><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><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=tab>Ed Carwithen</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=tab>John Day, OR</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT>  <br><hr>I am using the Free version of <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len">SPAMfighter</a>.<br />SPAMfighter has removed 622 of my spam emails to date.<br /><br />Do you have a <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen">slow PC?</a> Try free scan! </BODY></HTML>