How to find age of Baldwin 6'3

[Isaac Sadigursky]

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Also,there should be a pencil mark on one of the low keys with the date and
a signature-initials of the quality control or a foreman.Sometimes I had
found dates on the let-off rail. If this fails,count the annual rings on the
soundboard.. But,seriously. with experience you can eyeball the age by the
cabinet style.  Good luck! Isaac

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Roger Jolly
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:31 PM
To: andrew@birchcreek.org; Pianotech
Subject: Re: How to find age of Baldwin 6'3

 

Many Baldwin's have a punched ser# on the belly rail, and on the up side of
the rear leg console, as an anti theft marking. 
How far back this system was in place I don't know.

Roger




At 01:24 PM 4/11/2005, you wrote:



Hello everyone--

Does anyone know how I might find the age of a Baldwin 6'3" that I just
purchased?  I'm doing a complete rebuild on it and cannot find a serial
number ANYWHERE.  What I have found...is what I think is a CASE number.
That number is 8140.  If I were to base the age off of that number and from
the Pierce Atlas...it would put the piano being built between 1895 and 1900.
BUT, I do not think it is that vintage.  There seems to be a date on the
underside of the plate indicating 1922..but I'm not sure of that either.
Then also on the underside of the plate, written in chalk is the same "case
number" of 8140 that I've found imprinted on many of the case parts after
stripping them.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Andrew Olson
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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