9 Foot Kimball

[Pianoman]

I have been under the impression that the Atlantic City organ had 2- 9'
Chickerings originally.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Dave Davis" <dave at davispiano.com>; "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: 9 Foot Kimball


>2 years ago I sold the 9-foot Kimbal-Welte reproducing
> piano back to the Atlantic City Convention Center that
> was originally installed to play manually, from the
> organ keyboard, or from Welte rolls. It was a
> reasonably good sounding piano, built in 1928, and had
> a curved keyboard ( rears of keys were in an arc). I
> don't remember where the serial # was, but I believe
> it was on the inside of the keyslip.
>     Thump
>
>
>
> --- Dave Davis <davistunes at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I got a call to go take a look at a 9 foot Kimball.
>> The potential buyer & seller couldn't find a serial
>> number, looks like the plate has been painted, and
>> they looked in the *normal* spots I could think of
>> over the phone...under keybed, soundboard, etc.
>> Anyone have any other thoughts where secret Kimball
>> serial numbers might be located?
>>
>> Also, any info on when and how many 9'ers might have
>> been made? A colleague says he saw one in LA about
>> 25 years ago.
>>
>> Dave Davis, RPT
>
>
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