This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Tom, Is it a K like on this picture? http://users.pandora.be/pianotuner/mainFrame/piano/restoratie/collard/pictur es/PIC_0243.JPG In this case it is a Collard & Collard Peter Joris _____ From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Tvak@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 05:44 To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: old grand with a K List I have been hired to recondition an old baby grand recently bought by my client. The client is interested in knowing the manufacturer of the piano. There is no fallboard decal since it was refinished some time ago and the refinisher didn't replace it. There is no name or serial number anywhere on the piano but there is a raised letter 'K' down at the bass end of the plate. The K is not in ornate script or anything. It's just a small K in a plain font. (if I may use that word in this context) It doesn't look like a 'monogram' letter, rather a model number perhaps (not even painted black, just a raised letter 'K'). The client thinks it stands for Knabe, but there is a dome-like swelling on the plate in the far treble which reminds me of a few old Kimballs I've worked on. What other design elements might I use to confirm that it might be a Kimball? Or perhaps does anyone out there know of a manufacturer who made model 'K's? (It's a grand, not an upright, so it ain't a S&S Model K) Or is that letter actually a monogram of the manufacturer? The K is down at the foot of the piano, down by the ends of the bass strings. Any ideas? Tom Sivak Chicago ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/82/bb/61/dd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC