Another Henry F. Tenney Parker

[BRDHNTR]

Thanks Rick. I was wondering that since the trojan and vh grades were produced in such large numbers compared to the higher grade doubles, that Parker Borthers might not have been as concerned about their record keeping for these 'production' models than others. Thanks for the quick response. I wish this was a 20 ga or 28 ga he was shipping to me. I need another 12 ga likje a hole in the head.

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by allen newell

Thanks Rick. I was wondering that since the trojan and vh grades were produced in such large numbers compared to the higher grade doubles, that Parker Borthers might not have been as concerned about their record keeping for these 'production' models than others. Thanks for the quick response. I wish this was a 20 ga or 28 ga he was shipping to me. I need another 12 ga likje a hole in the head.

NO, NO, NO! Parker scribes were religious about their record keeping, and did not discriminate according to grades or numbers produced. True, there were errors occasionally, but the simple truth is that a number of Stock as well as Order Books are missing - read TPS! Some books were inadvertantly destroyed, some 'borrowed' and never returned, and a very few probably stolen. It is a fact that when the basement machine room in "The Arms" was flooded, some of the Stock Books, being of much larger format than the Order Books, were actually used like flagstones for stepping stones between rooms. The had been stored there in large wooden machine parts crates and were put into service to keep employees' feet dry!