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She is a beautiful piano Celia! Mine is of a similar age- he too has sconces- well the hinges- someone took them off ( not the people I got him from) sadly. I am going to get him some new ones one day. I'm so pleased I'm not the only nutter who loves her piano :lol: . When I got her the friend told...

Action is the system of levers operated by the keys, which causes the hammers to strike the strings, and the dampers to lift off them. Ahh, got it. Thought it was something like that. Thanks for your help. Will look out of the numbers when I give her a nice good clean out. At the moment she's a hav...

It was probably made shortly before 1911. Originally Green & Savage, who made a model called "Brooklyn", and changed the name of the company some time after 1900. They are sometimes dated on the iron frame. The actions are often made by Schwander, and if you know how to remove the act...

A dear friend of mine gave me this ould girl and I'd really love to know more about her. I can see that she is a Brooklyn Piano and was sold by Pigott & Co. in Dublin Ireland. But I'd love to know what year she's from and anything else you can tell me about this 'ould girl' . She's had a good li...