Date of Piano

[paul bruesch]

That particular piece of information is also available for free online at
http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/ages/ .
Paul (or Chris, for that matter) could very well have gotten it there and
simply been advising Chris to acquire a Pierce. I think that referring to
this occasional, nay, rare occurrence of someone asking for a piano's mfg
date as stealing is a very strong accusation.

That said, be it known that the aforementioned site can be useful in some
cases. There are plenty of piano brands/serial numbers that are not on it,
however, and the Pierce Atlas is a far better resource.

Chris, if the full price of a new Pierce is too steep, I'd suggest keeping
your eyes open for a used copy of an older edition. I'm currently using the
9th ed. and it's plenty adequate for at least 90% of my needs. Some of the
newer mfg dates are available from the mfr's' websites, or by a phone call,
or hey just wing it... if the customer bought it new in 1995, it was
probably mfr'd in 1994 or 1995 and for your and my purposes that's plenty
close enough!

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Joseph Alkana <josephspiano at comcast.net>
wrote:

>  Stealing a man's work (material probably from the Pierce Piano Atlas in
> this case), strikes me as inappropriate behavior on the part of those that
> insist upon sharing openly the product of someone else's hard gotten
> gain, copyright protection and entitlement to ethical behavior. I don't care
> if the man is dead and incapable of personal attempts at redress: I do not
> know this for a fact, but I believe the family continues on with sale and
> publication of the book. In any case, to broadcast information out of this
> valuable resource for the free consumption of the masses constitutes
> unethical behavior and aggrandizement plain and simple. We cannot regulate
> behavior behind closed doors or monitor private communications, but to
> blatantly support, abet, encourage, proliferate and engage in the wholesale
> exchange of protected information via this public medium is wrong.
>
> Like Paul Williams said (but did not put into the spirit of his
> admonition, practice): "Get yourself a Pierce (*Piano*) Atlas."
>
> Joseph Alkana RPT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
> *To:* Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:32 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Date of Piano
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>
> 1920.  (get yourself a Pierce Atlas! :>)
>
> pw
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>   *"Chris Chapman" <atogmusic at gmail.com>*
> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
>
> 02/27/2008 04:31 PM
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> I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to lookup the date of
> manufacture of a Marshall and Wendell Upright S/N: 65256.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Chris Chapman
> PTG Associate Member
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