<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Al,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Yes it could be a Howard.  I installed a DamppChaser in a 1931 Howard that had no beams, I would say 5'1".  Also look for trapwork made of bent steel rod, and integral "Kimball style" knuckles.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <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> 11/16/2004 10:30:13 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Howard Grand identification</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <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> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>