Skerratt piano from Hedges, Hants

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Annette Rushmere
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Skerratt piano from Hedges, Hants

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I am trying to date my piano. It is an upright with a wooden frame and has WG Hedges on the front with Skerratt above it. Inside it has the number 3280. Anyone got any ideas?
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Hi! I have just answered the same enquiry from your email! No dates of numbers are available for either of these names. Email me some photos.
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Re: Skerratt piano from Hedges, Hants

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Hi :)
I was googling my piano maker and came across this post. I also have an upright piano that belonged to my great grandmother, it was purchased from a music shop in Eastleigh Hampshire called W.G.Hedges. Did shops get their name put on instruments made elsewhere?
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Yes, my Numbers page
http://www.pianohistory.info/names.html
explains that many piano names are meaningless.
I will see if I can look up anything about Hedges.
Skerratt is a better-known name.
If you can post photos here to show what the whole piano looks like, this may help.
Piano History Centre
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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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