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by Lynnedor
15 Aug 2016, 13:33
Forum: Piano History
Topic: My Grandmothers Brinsmead #53083
Replies: 20
Views: 25466

Re: My Grandmothers Brinsmead #53083

It is fine with me Bill.
It was nice to see another piano that also has a print, and even better to find out the name of mine.
Any further suggestions about the brackets for the sconces? Do you think that they are original ( because it now seems that the print is), or added later?
by Lynnedor
06 Aug 2016, 00:19
Forum: Piano History
Topic: My Grandmothers Brinsmead #53083
Replies: 20
Views: 25466

Re: My Grandmothers Brinsmead Piano

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Sorry, I had tried to add two photos, which I couldn't get to work. I thought I had added the photo of the piano, as I didn't think the other one had added. Maybe it replaced it.
Hopefully this time you will have the right photo
Thanks
by Lynnedor
05 Aug 2016, 13:11
Forum: Piano History
Topic: My Grandmothers Brinsmead #53083
Replies: 20
Views: 25466

Re: My Grandmothers Brinsmead Piano

image.jpeg Thanks again. Hopefully the photo of the piano has loaded. I have found the number 53083 in two places: on the soundboard and the frame. When I relooked at the catalogue, I found that the first model, style 14 was also in rosewood. I suspect that this piano is a modified version of this ...
by Lynnedor
04 Aug 2016, 11:40
Forum: Piano History
Topic: My Grandmothers Brinsmead #53083
Replies: 20
Views: 25466

Re: My Grandmothers Brinsmead Piano

Thanks for that. I found the number: 53083, and is an upright model. Is there anyway to identify which year the piano was made, as opposed to a 10 year range? I also found a catalogue (from after 1907), which details some of the available models. Do you know of there are any other ways to identify t...
by Lynnedor
02 Aug 2016, 12:26
Forum: Piano History
Topic: My Grandmothers Brinsmead #53083
Replies: 20
Views: 25466

My Grandmothers Brinsmead #53083

Hi, I am researching the history of my grandmothers piano. It was left to her by an elderly friend in 1929. It was made by John Brinsmead & Sons, London, and has another label stating that it was " manufactured expressly for Richard Gee, Central Charles St, Launceston". ( That is Launc...