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<DIV><FONT size=2>Challen - Made in England. Usually there is a date =
on the
left-hand side of the keyframe, under A0. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Brian</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com"
title=JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com>James Baker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 13 January, 2002 07:08 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Challen Piano</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone give me information on =
this brand? A
customer of mine bought a Challen grand from an antique shop. =
The piano
came with a sales certificate that states the serial number =
as 9895
which makes it 130 years old but the piano appears to =
be much
younger to me. I believe the number on the certificate is =
actually
a case part number (the lid prop), but I cannot find a serial number
anywhere. It has a Herrburger-Brooks (sp?)
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