David B. said: "HOWEVER, gentles all, when I got home I checked the serial number, 62361, on www.broadwood.co.uk, a site as official as it gets, and came up with the 1886 date, since 60250 is dated as 1885." Again, the Broadwood dating/numbering system strikes!<G> Looking in my many Atlas books, there is the numbering sequence you mentioned. However above that is another numbering system for "Cottages" that places this lovely POS at around 1876ish. However, the real clues are the oval tuning pins and plateless construction, which was not around after 1880! I recall reading in "By Apppointment" that this was the case. I suspect there was way to much Bitters being consumed in the factories and offices! That's my take on that. Having worked on a whole bunch dem critters, I'll stand on my first "guess".<G> In any event, it is a POS and should be put out of it's misery....perhaps a book shelf or such?<G> Best, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I http://gpianoworks.com/
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