<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </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:dm.porritt@verizon.net" = title=dm.porritt@verizon.net>David M. Porritt</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, August 17, 2001 = 1:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: decal = missing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Paul:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If "Baldwin" is not cast in the plate it is probably a = forgery.  Unscrupulous techs or dealers have put those little "Baldwin" circles in stencil pianos because that is a widely known name.  The Chickering name gets used a lot too.  If there is the claim that = a piano is a major name and it is not cast in the plate, it isn't.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR>_  Dave</DIV> <DIV>          = Respectfully, not always true IMHO. I have a M+H  A in my practice, Mason all the = way ,Tension resonator, W.N.+G action, and more evidence throughout and no = name cast in the plate. This piano was confirmed Mason by the then Tech representative in Mass . Curious I know and I do agree that  = this is a warning flag for misrepresentation , Tom Driscoll__________________________</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>