J. Bauer & Co.

1818 · Post by **1818** » 27 Feb 2004, 01:33

We have an upright player piano and we don't know anything about it. On the outside wood, there is the seal J. Bauer & Co. Chicago. On the inside where the machinary is there the seal C. Bauer & Sons New York. The U.S. pat is 1055323. There are two cerial numbers: 139599 and 109863. There are dates written inside the piano dating back as far as Oct. 1920. With this information, how much can we find out about this player piano?

Post by **Barrie Heaton** » 27 Feb 2004, 09:29

Interesting they were established in1857 form 1930 the pianos were made by Wurlitzer. According to the published numbers in Pierce 139599 would date it c1936 and 109863 c1930, now Jilius Bauer’s published numbers ended in 1911 at 51000 for their uprights and 40100 for their grands in 1928

You have dates written inside the piano dating back as far as Oct. 1920. so it could be that Wurlitzer made the pianos long before the history books say

I would look up the paten number and see when that was registered and by who

Barrie,

1818 · Post by **1818** » 28 Feb 2004, 16:06

How would we go about looking up the patten number to see when it was registered and by who?

Post by **Barrie Heaton** » 28 Feb 2004, 20:20

Try

http://www.uspto.gov/