Piano Collard & Collard

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vic133
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Piano Collard & Collard

Post by vic133 »

Hi,
thanks you for adding me in this group.

We have now a piano Collard & Collard ( around 1820)
The serial number is : 10652

How and where we can find the history of this piano?

We have just got this piano..we are in Quebec, Canada


So, I think the piano traveled a lot !😊

Thank to you all !

Have a good day !
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Collard & Collard piano

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Firstly, in spite of some of the published information, Clementi's name appeared first, until his death in 1832, so the piano is not 1820. A more likely estimate is 1872, but it is always unwise to date a piano purely on the basis of numbers. This applies especially to Collards, whose numbers are rarely straightforward.
Sadly, Collards' archives were lost in a fire, and I probably have more information than anyone else. My Numbers page...
http://www.pianohistory.info/numbers.html

has a section about Clementi & Collard numbers.
Are you able to post photos to show what the whole piano looks like?
Piano History Centre
http://pianohistory.info
Email via my website.
If you find old references or links on this site to pianogen.org, they should refer to pianohistory.info
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