Erard Piano France

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Barry James
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Erard Piano France

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Hi, We have a beautiful Erard piano made in France. The serial # is 83983. on the sound board is the street adress for the company in paris . :D I wonder when it was made .
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The number suggests 1902, although life is not always that simple! Erard made some very fancy art cases around that time, is it one of them?
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ERARD PIANO FRANCE.

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Thankyou for the info on our Erard. In reply to , does it have a fancy case ?, the answer is no. However , it has been reffered to as an erard :wink: rosewood by the very kind and talented man who re-strung and tuned it for us many years ago when we first aquired it. It is straight strung and does not have what our tuner says is a modern action . Does this give you any more hints ?
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Thanks. The fact that it is rosewood and straight-strung doesn't help much, I would need detailed photos to compile a report. I would have thought that it would be a fairly advanced action by 1902.
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