<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  Try looking on the plate</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Hi folks<BR><BR>Of all things, I ran into an origional Knabe grand today. Did= nt measure <BR>its length but looked to be around 170-180 cm.  Has a str= ange number <BR>stamped onto the plate next to the lettering on the treble side= just <BR>behind the bridge.  Actually two numbers.  227 was the first number, and <BR>S2223 was just under that. Both were stamped paralle= l with the long side <BR>of the piano, and they didnt look like they were pu= t on at the same <BR>time.  Neither can be the real serial number as the p= iano obviously is <BR>not older then tops 60-70 years.<BR><BR>No other numbers = were visable, tho there was a thick layer of dust on <BR>the soundboard that I didnt get cleaned off.  Just a quick pitch raise <BR>and tuning was a= ll the guy wanted.  But he did want to find out how old <BR>his instrume= nt was.  Anyone with suggestions as to where I should look <BR>other the= n the soundboard and plate area ??<BR><BR>Cheers and thanks<BR>RicB<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>