Carl Ecke History & Age

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Meredith Abigail
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Carl Ecke History & Age

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Good day,

My parents bought me this piano when I was a kid. I would love to know the history and how old it is?

I can’t seem to find any information on it. If anyone can give me some insight on it, I would highly appreciate it.

There is a number which I assume is the serial number - 14782, and then there is another hand written number 3453, which I’m not sure what it’s for.

It has two puma heads with wings (looks like pumas) on the front board, with what looks similar to a harp in the center.

I’ll try to add some photos.

Kind regards
Meredith
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It is not usually possible to trace the history of individual pianos.
Dating a piano purely on the basis of numbers is often not as simple as it seems, but that number suggests that your piano was made around 1896.
Ecke was a well-known maker, but I don't think any archives survive. We might be able to tell you more if you could post photos here to show what the whole piano looks like.
There are examples of German uprights of the 1890s at
http://www.pianohistory.info/edwardian.html
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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