serial number help

[Farrell]

I think you dropped a digit when looking in your Pierce Atlas big guy. 
#120382 would have been manufactured in 1952. 1904 had serial numbers 
starting with 12000.

Does it look like a 50-year-old piano (or PSO or POS)?

But did they make the LaPetites that far back? Is it a genuine LaPetite, or 
is it an imposter - just some little Baldwin microgrand from yesteryear? Is 
the music desk perfectly rectangular, non-sliding, and is held in place with 
four little snappy-dootles at the four corners? That is the standard 
arrangement I have seen on any LaPetite.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> I came across a Kimball, LaPetite size grand yesterday, and the serial 
> number was on the front plate strut at the treble end. I have seen plaques 
> on the bass rim in the past denoting serial numbers, but this one was 
> different.
>
> If I am to trust my atlas, this piano was made in 1903, and I have my 
> doubts about that.
>
> The serial number is 120382. I didn't think Kimball was making LaPetite 
> size grands back then, and it doesn't feel like a 100 year old piano.
>
> Any help determining its age is appreciated.
>
> -Phil Bondi(Fl)