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thank you for explaining the term - staining - it definetly is veneer- How does one know if the lid of the grand piano is solid and not veneered?

Thanks Otto. Defitely not a a waste of space. Thanks for the reply.
I am looking for a french polisher of piano s in South africa if any one knows of one. My keys have gone off to be fixed. Have an empty shell....

i am sure my piano it not mahogony veneer. It is an antique. When did this staining to look like mahogony start...is this not a modern technique?...

thanks you Colin. You have helped me tremendously. I do not want to do any damage, so I think I will look for an expert to come and have a look. The piano lid is extremely heavy. I really can't understand how people cannot look after such a beautiful work of art..surely when moving one would expect ...

Many thanks Colin for your interest and helpfulness. I will go and take another photo and upload it later this afternoon. The numbers are large

my piano tuner has looked all over the piano, and thinks this may be the serial no which is in the left corner, on the sound board. only 4 digits: 8925 I did send a photo in before, George Rogers Boudouier...the no 287 is above this no and features all over the piano...which year...do any others hav...

thank you Jonathan for your persistance in replying... and for those who replied to Jonathan..I found this an interesting exercise ..going to the music shop and trying the different actions...on the different pianos...

My piano tuner has taken the keyboard away for repairs...I would like to take the time out to try repair the odd scratches....any advice please?...have been told it is mahogony wood... (i.e what to use..some wood came off the front..could be oak underneathe. .do I buy some wood to overlay and stain....

to Otto thanks for your reply.Do you have a photo of your grand piano rogers that you owned and ..do you know or remember what the serial no was?....I am still trying to locate mine...mine was shipped from London to South Africa quite some time ago...

thank you to Bill Kibby for all your research! I really appreciate all your replies...the imformation on all the different piano's using the gate legs and at least I can now work with from the 1870's....

thank you to all that have replied to my questions..Thank you Withingdale to a very interesting reply! ..... Does anyone know seeing that George Rogers has a date..1843..have any of his piano s been found from the 1800 s .....also, did he ever supply any of his piano s to ex. the royal houses in Eur...

many thanks for everyone's informative posts...To Withingdale...in what way was George Roger's pianos transformed after he started making piano's for Bechstein..surely Rogers must have had a good reputation already for Bechstein to use him...he was trained by "collard and collard" ..please...

which minor features did they pinch..in view of the fact that george rogers did work for Bechstein...I am curious..Please could you elaborate...

thank you for giving me the correction...I was referring to the gate legs....Broadwood and Bechstein...

many thanks for your reply regarding looking under the keys...I will certainly await my piano tuner ..with more patience... I also would like to thank you for reinforcing my belief that George Rogers made good pianos....

I would like to look under the keys of the Grand George Rogers Piano..picture posted...The piano movers did it for me when they moved the piano..and the treble c worked and has stopped working..how do I get all the keys out?...it won't strike the string.

many thanks for your reply. The design is of interest to me ...broadway and Bechstein piano s have this type of design.. i.e. with the bridge....who was copying who?

many thanks for posting this. I was wondering seeing as George Rogers made pianos on behalf of Bechstein...quite a few of the Bechstein piano s look very similar....could my piano have been a sample...or did Beorge Rogers make one for himself and put his name on it?

Could you please tell me what the no 287 which has appeared on the leg of my george R piano and belly and on sound board means....underneathe: L 287 (does the L refer to the no 50?) therefore could it be 50287? am trying to find the year it was made...has beautiful carving of a flower..above each le...