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Seeburg Serial Numbers
By Don Teach

How about sending me some Seeburg serial numbers. I have made this request before and not one single response from any of you. I really need to know if it is rubber stamped number or stamped into the wood in that cutout made for serial numbers. It would be nice to have the number off the stack and the number off the pipe chest. These are indented into the wood. Later Seeburgs don't have them.

We now know that Seeburg used at least four different vendors for their pianos. Unfortunately the numbers are not Seeburg serial numbers but actually the manufacturer of the piano itself. For example a Seeburg piano with a Haddorff piano plate will have a Haddorff serial number that matches the Pierce Atlas. These numbers range from 32,000 (1909) to 95,000 (1921).

Another View. I am sorry but I really disagree with S. K. Goodman that Nelson-Wiggins are better than Seeburg or they are more popular. Both companies made excellent American-built coin pianos. If you really get down to it, does anyone know who invented the Seeburg "G"?

Speaking of the "G", how many Seeburg "G" models would you guess exist today in various collections? How many Seeburg "H" models would you guess exist today?

Come on, you guys that just sit back and view -- get on in here and tell me. How many Seeburg coin pianos are there around today? Take your best shot, as there are no prizes, only more education for all of us.

Don Teach
dat-smc@juno.com

(Message sent Fri 7 Feb 1997, 21:09:55 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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