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Hi Bill--Yes, the breaks are in the shanks. I appreciate your advice on this. We got the name of someone in St. Louis who repairs and tunes antique pianos, so we will find out if it is worth repairing or not. If nothing else, it is a great looking piece as the case itself has very limited issues. Th...

Looks great in our entry!

We took a good look at the piano tonight and didn't find any cracks in the soundboard. 7 hammers are broken off, but we found all of them! I don't know if someone can reattach those or not. The piece is gorgeous!

The piano was delivered today. The name inside the piano is "J. Hulbert" and the writing just above the keyboard is Patent Grichord Improved. There are 7 hammers which are broken off and we have 4 of them.

I can't see from zooming in on the picture what this says. After the piano is in my home, I will do more searching and post more pics after Wednesday. I appreciate your expertise in this matter as I am pretty clueless!

Thanks for your help with this. I am posting pics. We know that often pianos at auction end up costing far more than they are actually worth to restore to playing condition. This one was 50 bucks plus 100 to deliver, so if nothing else, it is a beautiful piece of historic furniture for my entry way ...

We just purchased a beautiful, small piano at auction and can't find any information on it other than it is 19th century. The case is a beautiful walnut case. It is a small upright and has brass taper candlestands. The area above the keyboard has fabric covered by intricately carved fretwork with a ...