Wheelock Baby Grand

Sheridan · Post by **Sheridan** » 22 May 2008, 14:24

I've seen several questions on this forum about Wheelock pianos, so I figured I would go ahead and ask my question here. I was given a Wheelock baby grand by a friend as a restroation project. I was wondering if someone could give me an age on this piano.
Serial number on sound board starts with two letters above a 6 digit number. GX 300548. The legs also have the 300548 number on them, but without the "GX". Thank you for any infomation you can provide.

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 22 May 2008, 19:38

All I can offer is a possible date of 1933 for that number.

Tom Tuner · Post by **Tom Tuner** » 30 May 2008, 18:25

GX may be a style number. Aeolian went on making grands and reproducers through the 1930's after sales of uprights went to nearly zero. Are there any indications that it ever had a reproducing mechanism installed? Merely having paired legs does not prove anything.

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 30 May 2008, 18:30

Paired legs?

Tom Tuner · Post by **Tom Tuner** » 03 Jun 2008, 17:30

Yes, quite a number of reprodicing grands had six legs in three sets of two. The pairs were commonly connected by a skirt or console at the top and by a spindle or stretcher lower down,

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 03 Jun 2008, 17:34

Yes, and thousands of non-reproducing grands were made with twin legs, but what I was trying to understand is where that connects with this enquiry?