<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>square piano</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>The "square" grand ceased production in the 1880's. = I'm forwarding your message to the prestigious "Pianotech List" for comments = from anyone more knowledgeable than myself.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Roy Ulrich</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:jsophy@earthlink.net" = title=jsophy@earthlink.net>Joseph Sophy</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:ulrich@rangenet.com" title=ulrich@rangenet.com>ulrich@rangenet.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 06, 2001 = 8:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> square piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Hi,<BR><BR>I found your site when I typed in = "square piano" on my Earthlink search service.  I wondered if you might be able = to shed some light on a puzzle of mine:  I bought a Mathushek "Spinet = Grand" piano a few weeks ago at a local (Phoenix, AZ) piano shop, and from = the serial number on the soundboard I was able to find out that the piano, a = square, was manufactured in 1936--or so says <U>Pierce's Piano Atlas</U>. =  But this seems strange to me, that a square piano was built in 1936.  Are = you aware of such a thing?  I would greatly appreciate any help you = might be able to provide in making this matter clearer. =  Thanks.<BR><BR>Yours sincerely,<BR>Joseph Sophy</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>