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That was fascinating stuff - thanks very much - must have taken you ages to type all that. Although mine isn't a mini piano it was funny to read about the coloured ones - apart from spending part of its life painted white, it was also painted orange for a while!!! I've already emailed some photos to...

Oh silly me!

Yes, I'm sure it should be Brasted. Thanks, Celia

The saga continues!

My piano tuner has found a name on the action - Braested (?spelling). Couldn't find this as a manufacturer on any of these pages.

Would this just be the action maker or could it be an alias?

Celia

Oh I see!

In that case I will email you some photos - just in case something looks familiar. I did find a 1910 Collard and Collard piano on the Virtual Pianoshop site that looks rather similar to mine Ref 004390.

I couldn't ask you to search through that many names and the research could get too expensive, so I think I'll live with an anonymous piano! The work we're having done on it should hopefully see me to the end of my piano playing years and knowing who made it would have been nice but isn't really imp...

Hello again Bill These are the numbers that I have found: a)1948 appears on top right side of piano under lid (piano number?) b)288 appears on top left side (part number? c)560 appears on bottom right of frame d)37786 appears on back of wood frame to the left e) LFMN 28105 and name Mr Vaux - (my gra...

Better than that! I stripped the piano about twenty years ago and discovered a nice rosewood veneer which I just put a clear varnish on. I think it looks better than it did originally!! The tuner was quite impressed I'd done it myself!! I wish my mother had made a note of the manufacturer before she...

Thanks for your suggestions. Have looked at the web pages etc. I'll take some photos soon - the action is away at the tuner's for a few weeks. In the meantime I'll try to remember the name I used to see whilst practising!

Regards
Celia

Hello, I am trying to find out who made my piano, bought by my grandfather, probably new in the about 1930 in Doncaster. The manufacturers name was lost when the piano was painted white! What do you think my chances are - I've got a few numbers and think Shenstone and Co may have made the cellulose ...