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THis is still very much a working piano in constant daily use. All the tuners in the forum can now wince at its untuned state on http://music.download.com/timfatchen The photo is the piano, and all songs marked "acoustic". The music will be out on CD shortly, and you'll still be able to w...

Well, I can't speak for Australia, but there are LOADS of old Brinsmead grands around from the 1880s or earlier here, some with the Top Tuners. The numbers for some of the vistorian ones don't line up with the exhibition dates, has it got any dates of medals illustrated on it? Sory---been out of to...

Nice to know it's not alone--I've seen the occasional upright but I've never seen another Brinsmead grand. Yet the country (Australia) must have been crawling with them in the late Victorian era...anyway, mine survived! The bass is amazing, I agree...I need to overhaul the action at this stage: hamm...

My John Brinsmead & Sons "boudoir grand" which I have loved and cherished since I got it from a barn in the Barossa Valley in 1964 is No. 31921 which from the Piano Page lists puts it late 1880 or early 1881. I suspect this was part of a shipment following the splash JB&S made at t...