<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The action that I posted on a couple = days ago (front rail punchings...) is a Baldwin "Monarch" about 5-foot and has no = support beams in the belly. I think it also has a two-piece fallboard and no = markings on the plate. Oh, and it has a kinda crappy action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=apfinley@yahoo.com href="mailto:apfinley@yahoo.com">Al = Finley</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 16, = 2004 11:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Howard Grand identification</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Hi Piano Tech list. </DIV> <DIV>I would like to get your input to help me identify a piano I = worked on today.  The owners were told it was a Howard grand made by = Baldwin.  It has been rebuilt and the Howard name is not on it anymore.  It = has tuning pin bushings, no markings on the plate as to the manufacturer, = a fall board that folds back on itself and then folds back under.  It = has no support beams and is about 5' 5" but I didn't measure it, that's just = an estimate.  Could this be a Howard?  Are there other things = to look for to help identify it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I had my doubts because I know that Baldwin does not have = tuning pin bushings (at least not in models that I'm aware of).  = Also, I know of no models of Baldwins that do not have support beams.  = </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What do you think?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Al F.</DIV></DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Discover all that’s new in <A = href="http://my.yahoo.com">My Yahoo!</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>