<!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>Hello Tom,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    I am of the opinion that Kimball never put</DIV> <DIV>any number or letter designations on their plate.</DIV> <DIV>Most other manufactures did.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   If it is a Kimball it will have a "Thayer" action.</DIV> <DIV>This action is easy to recognize by the jack.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   There were several manufactories that made </DIV> <DIV>pianos without casting names in the plate, only </DIV> <DIV>decals. </DIV> <DIV>   Many times these can be identified by </DIV> <DIV>the actions.  Generally the jacks will tell the </DIV> <DIV>the true story.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   A given manufactures may build different whips </DIV> <DIV>but the jack will almost always be the same.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   If you will send a picture, copy or a good </DIV> <DIV>drawing of the whip and jack, usually I can tell </DIV> <DIV>you what action brand it is and this will help </DIV> <DIV>identify the brand of piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  In the PTG Foundation Museum I have displayed</DIV> <DIV>my personal collection of jacks all but one are identified.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    I hope Joe Garrett can help me on this one.  He= has</DIV> <DIV>agreed to help in identifying some rare tools. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regard's</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>