Piano Info Needed.

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:55:38


Hi Alan,

I'd agree Pierce seems the best resource.

There are a number of free sites for serial numbers online. Plus the
current makers often list their own serial number lists.

Here are two that may be helpful:

http://home.planet.nl/~medevoort/how_old.htm

and

http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/serial1.htm

At 01:52 PM 9/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Pierce Piano Atlas is the best reference, although it has holes.
>
>No serials listed for Homer but under Mason & Risch that serial
>indicates 1911 as the production year. If it is a classic old upright,
>then that is probably the correct year because Homers were made by M&R
>from 1901 to 1919.
>
>There are sites on the web that give piano ages, but none that are (a)
>free and (b) any better than the Pierce. At least none that I have
>found.
>
>Are you in the biz?
>
>Alan R. Barnard
>Salem, MO
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
>Behalf Of vinny samarco
>Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 1:36 PM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Piano Info Needed.
>
>
>Hello Everyone,
>    Could someone please look up the age of the following piano for me?
>It is a Homer piano, made by Mason and Risch.  The serial number is
>26230. For future reference, is this information available on the net?
>Thank you very much. Vinny Samarco
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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