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≈ it may be the Buckingham Piano pre 2005 88 Note, Height 114 (44 3/4") Depth 54 (21 1/4") Width 150 (59") American Walnut Satin Black Polyester Black Polyester & Chrome (photo) Natural Oak Satin They also did. but that was after 2005 Our new Concerto piano is a mid sized piano (1...

They will be Celulose. They tend to go brittle with age.

Barrie

Look at. CHESHIRE PIANOS Mark Goodwin PARK PIANOS IN ATHERTON To coin a phrase from the Americans, you're probably going to get more bang for your buck at Park Pianos in Addison. If you go to secondhand Yamaha or kawia, avoid Pianos made before 1980? They tend to have issues, and they are expensive ...

See, if you can find the serial number, Anton Petroff died in 1915, so I would say it's pre-1915. also, going off, it's a liar with big round legs.

Barrie

Standard piano key will lock it

Barrie

As part of my training, I spent eight weeks at Kembles and eight weeks at Bentlys in the 1970s. I also looked after the website from the early 1990s until the ptouction stopped in the UK. The codes at the bottom are the different modes, that Kemble made for Yamaha. The last one was the piano made by...

The case parts were sourced from the UK, the soundboard wood was sourced from Italy and made in the UK, the bridges came from Japan, the play mechanism and the keys came from Japan, the iron frame came from Japan, the wrest pins were Japanese, the steel strings came from Germany, and the covered str...

As This piano is going in a public place, you will need safety casters for that type of piano. Unless you fix it to a wall so it can't be moved. castor type https://www.piano-safety-castors.co.uk/castors/piano-safety-castors/safety-castors-small-modern-uprights-10.html You may consider getting your ...

The only record I have is that they obtained a patent in 1890 for an extended soundboard. The address is Belmont Street, London.

Bill may have more info.

Barrie

Brewtree25 wrote: ↑22 Jun 2024, 20:58
Barrie Heaton wrote: ↑31 May 2008, 18:30 In 1885 the numbers were 10000 and in 1890 it was 16546 so your piano was between those dates according to the published dates

Barrie,
I have a Camp & company Chicago piano 13998, what's the year on it?

According to pierce that serial number would date it at c1889

Nights used British piano actions; your local tuner will advise on tuning, and if the piano needs servicing, it probably will looking at it.

It's a standard 47 mim blow, 10 mm depth of touch, 15 mm checking, and 2mm set off. He/she will understand that.

55335, = c1975

Barrie

Secondhand pianos are very difficult to comment on without seeing them it's an awful lot of variables. On paper, the U3 should be a better piano because of the longer bass strings, but the condition of the strings determines its performance. One thing you should be asking the retailers has the repet...

It always amazes me how little value is put on local musicians, particularly pubs. You can add yourself to the UK Pianos page as an entertainer if you wish, Bill. https://www.piano-tuners.org/members/user_account_add.php?from=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGlhbm8tdHVuZXJzLm9yZy9tZW1iZXJzL3VzZXJfb3JkZXJzX2FkZF9saX...

Before you go down the expense of humidity control systems, I will check the room's humidity first. The sticky notes you had may have come from its previous environment. You said you had someone clicking sounds from wearing of the felt from the pitch move is this felt behind the jacks if so, that's ...

I have seen them with square outriggers, generally used for putting tuning tools and stuff like that in. However, if you look at the keys, the artist has either not bothered to copy them properly or it's an unusual keyboard, maybe a quartertone or a piano with flats and sharps. Square Pianos were ve...

No, you should not have a piano tuned before you move it. Moving the piano puts the piano out of tune; it changes the environment the piano is in. When a piano is moved, you should leave it for four weeks before you get it, dude. It always makes me laugh when people say oh, we bought the piano last ...

There is very little known about them. I believe Bill Kibby may have some extra insight. I think they were made by a shop in the north of England and given a German name, so they sound more expensive. As Chris has already pointed out, they are not listed in any of the main reference books, even as s...

We have moved the site onto a new, faster server, but we've had some issues with one of our databases, so there was a few days' lead time before the main site was pulled across, and the DNS was updated, so you may see a gap in some of the posts you've put on here, this database was pulled over a few...

The piano needs a good service and the hammers spacing.

https://www.piano-tuners.org/mr-a-howard-415.html

There was a thing in the '60s for making 4-5 octave Pianos. If I remember right, I think the French started the trend.

It's quite a handy piano for people with less space.

Barrie

I have not come across one of those before did you take any photos?

I don't like tuning mini Pianos these days as I have to kneel down to them. I find if I sit to tune them, I get backache.

Barrie

Some companies in the US will make you a new decal from a photograph.

And this place in the UK
https://www.nottinghampianos.co.uk/prod ... al-sticker

Barrie

It can be both; some makers use brass inserts, others use stencils, and some use both depending on the quality of the piano.

Barrie

It looks like a stencil piano. Also, it looks like it has ivory keys. If it has, it is a criminal offence to sell a piano with ivory keys without registering it first. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/declare-ivory-you-intend-to-sell-or-hire-out Trade would ask you for money to take to weigh the piano st...

Broadwoods had a big battle with one of the Chinese companies about ten years ago over copies of the Broadwoods name. I remember when hunts Pianos got in trouble they had a model called Lutener but the L was very ornate and it looked like Bluthner, bluthners reported them to trading standards, and t...

If It's been looked after, they are nice Pianos same play mechanism as the Yamaha U1.

Barrie

The Broadwood grand is probably a Chinese copy, I would give Alistair a ring or text him his number is on the Broadwoods website he doesn't do emails.

Barrie

It's nice to put a face to a post. Have a great New Year. Keep Marion happy; tune it twice a year.

Barrie

I hope that you got the presents you deserve and you have a wonderful Christmas Day and Boxing Day all the best for 2024.

Barrie

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no 69222. = late C1978

Barrie

The old Est German Zimmerman pianos are bloody awful. The new ones are very nice for the money. I have a few clients that have them that needed some prep work but after that very nice, and they are quite stable tuning-wise. However, all the Zimmerman pianos I have on my round are 122 size

Barri

There were a few Hoffman Piano makers.
If we say yours is "W" Hoffman, the number you have given would place it around circa 1909

Barrie

The best person to ask would be your piano tuner. The sereal number sometimes can be found on the key blocks and on the bottom "A" key.

Normal visible places is on the frame, the soundboard in the top treble, the soundboard at the bottom base and bracings underneath the piano.

Barrie

Adalbert is likelier to be the shop's name, not even in Pierce.
Sorry

Barrie

Unfortunately no, they will not be recorded as they are private one-to-one classes.

Barrie

First of all, electronic tuning devices are not great at putting unisons in. You are better off learning how to do that by ear. The reason is you've got three strings to a note if two of them are in and one is out, the ETD ignores the one that's out. The video you posted shows the unison is out of t...

For pianos of that age, the wood tends to get very brittle in the action; with the two endnotes not working, there's a good chance that the last tech used bits from the ends to repair parts in the middle. The piano could possibly be tuned at the pitch at that but this all depends on how you're going...

The first name is the make of the piano, and the second name is the name of the shop that sold it originally, so you're only interested in the first name.

Brooklyn Piano Co. London, which was established circa 1890, was eventually bought out by Stroud Pianos in Gloucester.

Barrie

see
https://www.piano-tuners.org/piano-foru ... s=Brooklyn+

If you're selling the piano in the UK and it's got ivoris and it's pre-1975s, then you need to register it, which is £20. Shipping to the AU with ivorys is a different ballgame however, the workaround would be to have the Ivory removed. And replace it with plastic. Sacrilege in my mind but these thi...

Your best bet is Piano Logistics or G&R for overseas shipping they have the experience.

Barrie

This guy will sort you out for both
https://www.piano-tuners.org/mr-a-howard-415.html

or James
https://www.piano-tuners.org/little-pia ... n-258.html

Barrie

Much of the mahogany used in the UK was from the West Indies and Africa because it was used as ballast on ships. Human cargo was quite light, so it was needed, but the ships going back to Africa were loaded with British goods, so ballast was not needed. See https://blog.thakehamfurniture.co.uk/2011/...

In the UK, we only used African ivory because Indian ivory is too brittle. If you need a DNA test, Lancaster University will do that. Your main problem is that the piano needs to be pre-1975 for Ivory and endangered woods, the only one in the UK at the moment on the endangered list is Brazilian rose...

Trade
https://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk
if not eBay

Barrie

Sadly Harrods no longer has a piano department; however, if you ring or email customer services and ask them nicely, give them the Harrods serial number, they will tell you when it was sold. Sadly because of data protection, they can't tell you who they sold it to. Neumeyer did not publish numbers a...

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