<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=220434215-02042001><FONT = face=Arial>Joe,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220434215-02042001><FONT face=Arial>Try looking on = the soundboard, far treble end, close to the capo.  There might be a = serial number imprinted there.... just in case the other numbers don't = work.  A square tail certainly could put it in that time period, but = I'd rather trust numbers in a different location.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220434215-02042001><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220434215-02042001><FONT = face=Arial>jeannie</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=220434215-02042001></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma = size=2><SPAN class=220434215-02042001><FONT face=Arial size=3> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=220434215-02042001> </SPAN>-----Original = Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of = </B>Joe & Penny Goss<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 02, 2001 5:20 = AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> weber grand<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Working on a Weber grand with = the # 8500 on the left side of the pin block and on the music rack. The instrument = has a square nose and the action does not have metal brackets but is = entirely wood with the hammers on a woodrail that is removable by it's self. Can = anyone confirm the manufacture  date of arround 1870?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>imatunr@srvinet.com</FONT></A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com"><FONT face=Arial = size=2>www.mothergoosetools.com</FONT></A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></H= TML>