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by Silvercat151
20 Mar 2008, 00:21
Forum: Piano History
Topic: Smith & Barnes again
Replies: 4
Views: 5609

Thank you Bill. I used to live in Cambridge and Newmarket - say hi to East Anglia for me! I now live in sunny Wyoming. The piano is now in my art gallery and I feel like I rescued it - the guy I bought it from thought it was 1940 (I could tell from the decoration that it was more likely Victorian). ...
by Silvercat151
19 Mar 2008, 16:29
Forum: Piano History
Topic: Smith & Barnes again
Replies: 4
Views: 5609

I have just been to have another look at this piano and found it has two numbers. 4389 is stamped into the wood frame at the top and then there is 33820 on the stringboard. What does that mean?
by Silvercat151
19 Mar 2008, 01:40
Forum: Piano History
Topic: Smith & Barnes again
Replies: 4
Views: 5609

Smith & Barnes again

I am an ex-pat Brit in the USA and I just stumbled upon a Smith & Barnes upright at an auction house and fell in love with it. I found a serial number of 4389 and it is 62"H x 58"W x 27 deep at the deepest point. The decoration on the front is pretty but relatively simple compared to s...