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It looks like perhaps kid was used (but the jack hinges are vellum). The leather is almost pure white, and about 1mm thick. I've posted a few pictures on the web:
http://www.holser.com/piano

Your reference to "Muir, Wood & Co." tied in with some information I found about publishing records -- Both Muir and Small were publishers, and so the National Library of Scotland listed them (see http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/resources/sbti/moodie_mundell.html along with their warrant ...

I now have this chronology in Edinburgh: Muir, Wood & Co. 13 Leith prior to 1822 [Warrant in 1817-18 at least] Wood, Small & Co. 12 Waterloo Place 1822-30 [Warrant 1826-30] George Small becomes Small, Bruce & Co 54 Princes Street 1831-33, 101 George Street 1834-1839 [Warrant 1835-38] Geo...

I suppose this is not a "fallboard" since on these it does not fall, but the label is very clear. I'll try to create a web-site and post some photos soon. Knowing when Wood & Small changed to "& Co." would certainly pin an "earliest" date on this. The "His ...

I'll try to get a web-site together as I go through this piano. Some of the major issues will be in reverting many of the past "repairs". I wish they had used hide glue and period screws. This Broadwood of 1808 is nearly identical -- leg style and all. http://www.periodpiano.com/Stock/imag...

How an old Wood, Small & Co. piano ended up in my rural corner of California (with the name "Scott Joplin" written on the bottom is likely a story we'll never know). I see there is a similar instrument in a museum in Edinburgh. I'm hoping to find information on the age of this piano, a...