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Dear George, I too have an early Southwell, now in bits - it is signed 'Geo Cooke, May 7th 1808'. No idea who he is, except, I imagine him to be a Southwell employee. It is a five-and-a-half octave square, with a fancy nameboard and the wrong legs! What do you know of Southwell? The websites say the...

Yes, as you can now see if you wish, my Dettmer square piano has six legs; the hyperlink had none at all!

Peter

Sorry,
www.squarepianos.com to reach Michael Cole's site An s missing in my original post.

Peter

I have a Dettmer square piano which I bought recently from Michael Cole. He has restored it to perfect playing condition and a picture of it is on his website, www.squarepiano.com on the 'for sale' page. Michael thinks it is 1800-1810 and it bears the number 2173 and George Dettmer's signature on th...