<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Jarrad</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>As usual I could be wrong but try this on for size.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Mignon was a Brand name for Palings Piano House in = Sydney. or was it Allans in Melbourne ? Anyway it's one or the other.  The = Mignon was and still is a goog piano.  They were made in Germany and in = America at different times. I seem to recognise the German one as a medium range = quality piano, posibly about the Gors & Kallman class but not sure of the = factory at this time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Try asking one of the old timer piano = tuners.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tony Caught ICPTG<BR>Australia<BR><A href="mailto:caute@optusnet.com.au">caute@optusnet.com.au</A></FONT></D= IV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au" title=jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au>Jarred Finnigan</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> Friday, May 05, 2000 = 12:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Mignon Piano = Information</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Hello List</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>A customer asked me today = if I could tell him anything about the history of his MIGNON upright.  = Apart from it being German and manufactured between the two World Wars I = couldn't help him much, can any of you?  By the way to save you the time = there is no mention of it in the "Pierce Piano Atlas".</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Thanks and I look forward = to any replies.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Jarred Finnigan<BR><A = href="mailto:jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au">jfinnigan@optusnet.com.au</A><B= R></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>