23 thoughts on “Crowdsource Question?”

1. Patrick Horgan on February 18, 2016 at 2:24 PM said:

   Looks like it was made between 1960 and 1964? http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/agesl.htm#LAUGHEAD

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2. Mary J B Here on February 18, 2016 at 2:29 PM said:

   That’s a beauty!! And much nicer than buying you a horse or a puppy.

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3. BobbieZen on February 18, 2016 at 2:37 PM said:

   U guise, such aficionados. 😉
   I’m kind of hoping it was born the same year as I was 1962 …it’s the closest thing I have to a twin.

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4. William Johnston on February 18, 2016 at 2:38 PM said:

   looks like the one that my mother in law had for years

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5. BobbieZen on February 18, 2016 at 2:38 PM said:

   Thanks for that link Patrick Horgan​! Great place to start.

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6. BobbieZen on February 18, 2016 at 2:40 PM said:

   Agreed Mary J B Here​.. the horse or puppy would be gone by now.
   This one’s staying with me until my daughter takes it. 🙂

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7. Rolando “SAD” on February 18, 2016 at 2:44 PM said:

   I have an old white handkerchief with green stains on it. My dad gave it to me on my 18th birthday…
   Does anyone know its worth?

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8. Rob Shinn on February 18, 2016 at 2:45 PM said:

   I’m an expert in typography, and my best guess is late 1950s to early 1960s based on the logotype on the piano. But you seem to have that nailed already.

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9. William Johnston on February 18, 2016 at 3:29 PM said:

   Rob Shinn  Like I said my Mother in law had one similar to this that  was prior to the fifties

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10. BobbieZen on February 18, 2016 at 3:42 PM said:

    Thanks Rob Shinn​ & William Johnston​.
    🙂
    I’m feeling much younger than this piano now… I have found some online that were made in the early sixties but they have different legs with more of a curve.

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11. Cilla on February 18, 2016 at 3:42 PM said:

    You’ve kept your twin (ish) in beautiful condition!

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12. BobbieZen on February 18, 2016 at 3:43 PM said:

    Rolando R​. Approx. 0.9 cents.

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13. Rob Shinn on February 18, 2016 at 3:44 PM said:

    Certainly not only older than 1950 or so based on the mixed-case typestyle.  Update:  fsck you, autocorrect.

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14. Rob Shinn on February 18, 2016 at 4:33 PM said:

    I knew it.

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15. séain Gutridge on February 18, 2016 at 6:36 PM said:

    Each was custom built per http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/agesl.htm

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16. miri dunn on February 18, 2016 at 7:49 PM said:

    I don;t see that serial number but this website could help http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/agesl.htm

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17. séain Gutridge on February 18, 2016 at 8:15 PM said:

    Having finally notice the second photo — what a beautiful spinnet.

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18. Ben Zaitz on February 18, 2016 at 8:28 PM said:

    1492!

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19. Donna McClure on February 18, 2016 at 8:36 PM said:

    It is beautiful BobbieZen but I am no help to you.

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20. BobbieZen on February 19, 2016 at 12:53 AM said:

    So, Patrick Horgan​ , I see now how the serial numbers would fall in between those dates.  There’s a very high likelihood it was in fact ‘born’ the same year as me.  1962, is a high probability!

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21. BobbieZen on February 19, 2016 at 12:56 AM said:

    I read that, Scott Wilson  & séain Gutridge .  I love finding the history of special things like this…it’s about the closest we have to a ‘family heirloom’. 
    🙂  And yeah, it is beautiful. (Thanks, you, too Cilla C ) It’s lived in Jacksonville, Florida with me on Marion Street, then to Dunlap, Illinois, then to a house in Chillicothe, Illinois, then to my parents in Centralia, IL, traveled to Long Beach, California with me in the mid 80’s, back IL in 1990…and back with me again in 96 up here when we bought our house. 
    I think I’ll keep on keeping it near me as long as I can.

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22. Samuel Peart on February 19, 2016 at 3:55 AM said:

    Do you play BobbieZen​ ?

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23. BobbieZen on February 19, 2016 at 5:08 PM said:

    I do play some, Samuel Peart​.
    Not very well any more, though.

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