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Hi Everyone, and Happy Christmas, I did attempt to look at the underside of some or two of the keys, but they didn't come out very easily, so I decided not to spend too long risking damaging the piano by forcing a key out. However, from talking to my Mum, she remembers her mother-in-law buying the p...

Many thanks for the comprehensive replies. I will remove the nameboard and have a look at the side of some of the bass notes. I am assuming this is a case of lifting the key out and replacing it - no mechanisms to dismantle or anything like that? This will need to wait a day or two as I am refitting...

Many thanks for the reply. I've got some photos below. simon 2012 164.jpg simon 2012 162.jpg simon 2012 161.jpg - You can just make out the frame number and the number I thought might be a serial number. simon 2012 165.jpg - The hammers (well, some of them...) simon 2012 167.jpg - The numbers on the...

Hello, I have read this page with interest as I also have a 6 octave Berry upright piano. It has a Kastner-Wehlau floating centre action. It has a number of different numbers on it - 6X 360 is embossed on the metal frame; 18558 is stamped on the timber soundboard in the bottom right hand corner, and...