Rob Kiddell wrote, > I've rebuilt several Mason & Risch pianos, and the safest way to >find the date of manufacture is the stamp on the action. Look >closely, does it have a month and day next to the 1910? That should >be your year. Yes, there was a month and day on the action, I just couldn't remember what they were. I'm more curious as to why they would have displayed so prominently a number that was not the serial number. > Mason & Risch serial numbers are notoriously incorrect in the Pierce >Atlas, I find Canadian sources are better, such as the Canadian Piano >Atlas, formerly from D.M. Best, now from Pianophile. Both Pierce and Pianophile gave me 1912, according to the second number I found. If the action were made in 1910 is it possible that the piano didn't leave the factory until 1912, especially considering that it's a player? > Also, is this a Mason & Risch stencil piano, such as Harmonic, >Haddon Hall, etc? No. It's the genuine article. Agraffes throughout the tenor and treble. They made a lovely piano in their day, didn't they? Regards, Aaron Bousel Ormstown, QC Canada abousel@rocler.qc.ca
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