Keith, Some Baldwin models have had the S/Ns stamped (in various places) on a frame member on the back. I'd check the belly rail, and the straight side of the rim. Sounds to me as if this thing has been restrung/refinished, maybe? Best. Horace At 11:38 AM 1/15/98 -0600, you wrote: >>The Accujust hitch pins came with the advent of the SD10 in about 1967. >>I was at the Conway factory in 1971 when we began using these pins in >>the M Grands and later the SF10's and the L's and R's. >> >>Jim Coleman, Sr. > >Thanks for the information, Jim. > >My reason for asking the caut was I came across a Model R that did not have >a serial # or letter designation on the plate. However, on the front of >the keyframe and on the inside of the keyslip it had the #69926. > >Pierce Atlas says 1933 for that #, but this piano has the Accu-Just hitch >pins. And the customer indicates the piano was new when they bought it in >the middle '70s. Is there another location where the real serial number >might be that is completely escaping me? > >At your convenience, > >Keith A. McGavern, RPT >kam544@ionet.net >Oklahoma Baptist University >Saint Gregory's University >Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA > > > > Horace Greeley Systems Analyst/Engineer Controller's Office Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 650.725.9062 fax: 650.725.8014
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