I've seen quite a few "Haines" grand pianos over the years but have never encountered a "Haynes" brand. The Haines I was never impressed with the quality and question if a piano like that would come out nicely if rebuilt. I don't even see any serial numbers for Hayne's in my atlas. When I looked up Haines, the serial number said 1860 FWIW. It's amazing really, how many different piano brands were built over the years. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Rob McCall Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 3:42 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Haynes baby grand Greetings List, I came across a 5'6" Baby Grand that has "Haynes" stenciled on the fallboard. Nothing on the soundboard or anywhere else to give me any other information. It has a serial number of 4429. This number is repeated in several places. However, this number doesn't match up at all with the Haynes, NY pianos in the Pierce Piano Atlas, or anything else that says Haynes in the book. The owner thinks it's from 1931, but I found a pencil mark on the side of the action that has a date marked 11/17/25, so I'm thinking that might be the date or close to it. Anyone ever come across one of these? Do you have an idea of the date it was made? Does this have any intrinsic value? It's in desperate need of new strings and tuning pins (lots of rust), pinblock, new hammers/shanks/flanges, rebuild the action, etc. The soundboard appears to be intact yet the bass bridge is about to splinter into 1,000 pieces. The case was refinished about 10 years ago and looks nice, but the innards, well... suck. I'm trying to ascertain for my client if it's worth rebuilding the insides but it's hard to find out any info about this particular piano. Any help would be appreciated. By the way, there's a strong emotional bond with this piano and it's owners. She took lessons on it as a child, etc. so I know that'll affect their decision, but I wanted to give them some logical input as well. Thanks! Rob McCall Murrieta, CA _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090910-0, 09/10/2009 Tested on: 9/11/2009 7:50:37 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
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