Year and make of Hoffman piano
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Year and make of Hoffman piano
Can anyone offer any help on brand and year of my new piano I bought. It says Hoffman but I can find nothing on the serial number and the serial number is only on the reverse and looks like it was stuck on as a bit of an after thought 😀
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Thanks for the reply. Sadly nothing there :( I’ve yet to find any writing or marking except for in the back. I checked the hammers etc but zilch
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Re: Help with year and make of piano
http://www.pianohistory.info/names.html
Names like Hofman, Hoffman, Hoffmann, Hofmann, Haufmann and Hauptmann can be found on many old pianos, and although some of these were real makers' names, such as Hofmann & Czerny, some are certainly fake, for example most “Hauptmann” pianos were definitely sold by Stiles. There were over 40 different piano and music firms worldwide with the spelling HOFFMANN!
Another quote from the same page...
An ad in a trade catalogue from the seventies offered "gold" transfers at a mere 10p each for the following names:
English Names: Clifford, London; Elmore & Son, London; Graham, London; Gresham & Co., London; Heywood & Sons, London; Lincoln, London; Powell & Co., London; Raymond & Co., London; Studholme & Sons; Windsor Model.
Continental Names: Paul Gerard; Hoffman; Karl Lange; Schumann; Schonberg; Steinbach; Steinmayer; Steinmetz; Maxime Freres, London & Paris; Wagner Model.
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Re: Year and make of Hoffman piano
For £50, I certainly can’t complain
