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I haven't heard of it over here, but it's a fairly likely choice for an alias. Press www

I am already dealing with your enquiry by email. The vast majority of piano names are not on the net, even some of the real makers.

The acrtual wording would be "AS used by" and appeared on all of this type. Valutaion is impossible without on-the-spot inspection. Read Barrie's notes at the top of the forum, then press www below.

I'd need to know a lot more, press www...

No dates of numbers are published, but yours is probably before 1890. Have you got dates of exhibition medals on it? If so, which years?

The name Morton does not appear in any of my general lists of London piano firms so far, up to 1899. Circa 1900? Morton Bros. piano #5,240 1911 Morton Bros. & Co., 19 Highbury place Circa 1928 Morton #46,681 made by Windover. 1938 Morton Bros. & Co., 19 Highbury place, Highbury station, Lond...

Most piano names are not on the net, there are far too many, but Green & Marsh were around for a very long time at Burton Street:

1894, Green & Marsh, 2, Burton Street, Bath.
1968, Green & Marsh, Ltd., 2, Burton street, Bath.

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How interesting, I've been trying to find a "Saul Salkind, Norwich & Cromer" for someone - I wonder which one is right? You're not far away from Lowestoft, give me a ring. Eavestaff numbers are not easy, The published dates of serial numbers for Eavestaff pianos don’t even begin until ...

It's easier to email me, type pianogen into your address bar, or press www if you can find it on the forum. Alternatively, type "mokerard" into the address bar.

Lister was established in 1875, but does not appear in London lists until 1911, Lister & Sons, 246 Harrow Road. From 1917, the address would have been W2, although the labels might not change instantly. The firm remained at that address until at least 1938. 17362 is much too big for a model numb...

Am I right in thinking this date is on the iron frame, below keyboard level? If so, it is the date the frame was cast, so the piano's design existed then, but the individual may not have been completed for up to 6 years. I can quote for a general booklet on Boyd pianos, press www below.

Was it from Cuthbertson in Glasgow? Klingmann is suposed to have been german. Assuming that it is an average mass-produced piano of that age, you need to find out if it is tuneable. If not, repairs probably outweigh the value of the instrument. No-one can answer those questions without being there, ...

I've been looking around for clues, and the Steinway books don't seem to mention Stuyvesant. The only tenuous link between the two firms is that they both installed Pianols in certain models, but these would be called "Stuyvesant Pianola" or "Steinway Pianola", not connecting the...

I can suply a pritned booklet for &8 which includes the various Russell firms. Press www below.

I have some rough dates of Addison & Addison piano from about a hundred years ago, earlier examples are marked "By Her Majesty’s Royal Letters Patent, Pianoforte Manufacturers, London" but they don't appear in my London lists under that name. Press www below...

The only one that comes to mind is New York, but I'll see what I can find. Press www below.

I'll see what I can find, there were several firms called Elliott, but the name is not necessarily the manufacturer. Press www below.

Thanks for the photos, but they don'y tell me anything much. Numbers are no use because we don't know who the real maker was. The action could be 1920s or 1950s. Press www below.

Emile Auberon seems to have been a german-sounding alias used on pianos made by (or sold by) Wheatleands, London. Emile Auberon upright #32,300 from Wheatlands was made around 1910. The Herrburgher Brooks action puts it after 1919, and I could tell you more if you email some photos...

The number suggests about 1857, but it is unwise to rely on numbers alone. Read the NUMBERS item at pianogen.org

Sorry, I can't find anything on this particular Reisner yet, is it Adolf Reisner? Have a look at my Names page at http://www.pianohistory.info/names.html Adolf Reisner pianos sometimes show pictures of exhibition medals, and more information on these can be found at my Exhibiions page http://www.pia...

I think your only hope here is to contact the Steinway company direct, and see if they have any record of such a piano being produced by Steinway for Stuyvesant, or vice vera.

I wouldn't know about Kawai, but I don't want you to run away with the idea that this scenario only applied in 1900, it's fairly typical from 1870 to 1970, otherwise there'd be no point in mentioning it.

Because of fancy script, the initial letter on Anton Bord’s pianos is sometimes mistaken for an H or K. Valuation is impossible without on-the-spot inspection. Press www.

The following scenario is an illustration of the kind of problems which can occur in some instances: 1900 The iron frame is designed, ordered in bulk, and cast with a datemark. 1904 The action is manufactured, and stamped with a number. 1905 The keys are completed, and dated on a label. 1906 The pia...

I take it this is R.S. Cranford? This name was registered by Murdochs, and they probably made the piano, which was then sold by Yupps. I may be able to estimate the age from photos, but valuation is impossible withouton-the-spot inspection. Read Barrie's comments at the top of the forum, and then pr...

This forum is really for historical enquiries. Read Barrie's comments at the top of the forum, then press www below, and when you see my PianoGen website, press "Appraisal".

I'm a bit confused! Has the piano got "Steinway" written on it?
If so, what is the exact wording?
And if it hasn't, why does Steinway come into the enquiry?
And what has the history of Steinweg got to do with Stuyvesant?

In my experience, it's the stools that cause most of the smell, especially after a warm posterior has been on them for an hour or so! Proper piano removers would walk in with it between two of them, the more people, the more danger.

I am trying to get some correlation between the two sets of numbers on the Eavestaff minipianos which have a tuning flap under the keyboard. Can you give me the number there, and the one inside the back, on the soundboard?

I am trying to get some correlation between the number under the keyboard, inside the tuning flap, and the one inside the back, on the soundboard. Can you tell me both?

Hi! I am trying to make some correlation between the two sets of numbers. If you ever have the opportunity to unscrew the back panel, could you tell me what number is inside, on the soundboard? In this model, the soundboard is the lower front of the piano.

The number suggests 1907 but, being based in the UK, I cannot help with US patent numbers, why do you want it?

You have spelt it two different ways, which is right? Overdamper pianos were still made in London in the 1950s. The dampers are located very close to the top ends of the strings, and are always inefficient. As to its condition, you need an on-the-spot inspection by a tuner.

If is definitely London, the number suggests 1966, but there were several Schreiber firms...

The Musicians' Piano Atlas, for which I wrote the appendix, suggests 1912. I can quote for printing a general booklet on Spencer, or compile a report from photos, provided these include interior details above and be;low keyboard level. The exhibition medals are explained at http://www.uk-piano.org/p...

We're already in touch.

Yes, I have heard of Harmston, although there is no reason to assume that they were real makers. What is unusual about the keys? And by the "harp" do you mean the strings, or the frame on which they are mounted? It would be interesting to see pictures. This is all I have ready on computer:...

It suggests 1942. The questions about condition should be asked to your tuner, who can be there on the spot to examine it. For more on the numbers, pess www below, then press the "Numbers" button.

In this, the original minipiano design, the tuning pins are under the keyboard, and pass right through to the strings, which are on the back. Most of these are now, because of age or central heating, quite difficult to hold in tune. Although it is possible to make replacement pins, they are hard to ...

The only Belling I can recall was a german piano imported by Palings, Australia. Whether the name was a true one I don't know yet...

The number suggests 1960, but I don't deal with anything much this "modern"!

I can't access your pictures to see them clearly, can you email them to me? The soundboard in this typ of mini is the front of the piano, below keyboard. The number might be on the reverse side, and there should also be one inside the tuning flap under the keys.

All I can guarantee without being there is that is unlikely to be a valuable antique, although many americans have more appreciation of victorian pianos than the british. If 1831 was mentioned on the piano, it would probably be either the date the firm was established, or the date of an exhibition m...

If you email me, or press www below, I could compile a report from photos.

This is all I havwe ready on computer, I'll see what else I can find. WHEATLAND (E.) & Sons, London Established 1864, at one time a large retailer with branches around London, but they probably didn't have their own factory. Some of their pianos may have been made by Jarrett & Goudge. The Wh...

Most piano names are not listed on the net, libraries are often more help! The name Wood presents a problem because there are so many piano-related firms connected with the famous scottish publishing family. There are so many items on Blair Wood, Cramer Beale & Wood, Marr Wood, Muir Wood, Paters...

Arthur Day was listed at 13 Chapel Street in 1911, among the Pianoforte Makers & Warehouses. In 1914, he sold piano, organs and music.

1936 Arthur Day & Sons Ltd., 15 & 17 Upper George Street, Luton.

The Schiedmayer family had several separate firms, with different numbers, can you tell us the exact wording of the whole name? It might be 1901 or 1914.

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