Haines Bros. Piano

[Dan Calder]

Just wondering what the opinion is of Haines Bros. of Toronto and New York.
Our piano once did several years duty in an elementary school. According to
the information I received based on the serial number, it was built in 1905.
It has several battle scars on the outside, but has great character. My two
girls won't let me get rid of it for one of the new digitals. I'm curious
as to how many there are out there, and what your thoughts are.
Dan.

[Andy's Player Piano Service]

The Haines was built by the American piano Company(most were built in east
Rochester-Ny

At that time, American Built the Haines,Arnstring, Marshall & Wendell,
Foster & Co, Stratford, Brewster, J&C,fisher &Franklin pianos. Most were
similiar if not almost identical.

After 1910, the company shifted it's efforts to building player-pianos. In
the middle twenties all these brands, including the Haines, could be ordered
with the new Amipco reproducing system(Model a)

Hope this helps.
Andy

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Dan Calder wrote in message ...

[Bill Bailer]

On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Dan Calder wrote:

>Just wondering what the opinion is of Haines Bros. of Toronto and New York.
>Our piano once did several years duty in an elementary school. According to
>the information I received based on the serial number, it was built in 1905.
>It has several battle scars on the outside, but has great character. My two
>girls won't let me get rid of it for one of the new digitals. I'm curious
>as to how many there are out there, and what your thoughts are.
>Dan.

1905 is pretty old, if it has original strings and hammers. Haines was
a fine make, built like a tank, and well worth rebuilding -- but the
condition of the case seems to be the biggest question -- that is up to
you to deicide, or if you are considering refinishing, if there will be
extra work to repair the scars.

Bill Bailer
wba...@cris.com, Rochester NY USA, tel:716-473-9556
Acoustics, piano technology, music theory, JSBach