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Thanks, how lovely to see an uncluttered picture of the PIANO! These appear to be French-made, we have no idea who manufactured them, and their serial numbers do not correspond to normal Cramers mentioned at http://www.pianohistory.info/numbers.html That page also mentions a similar problem with Ki...

The name suggests that it might be after 1865. It would help me a lot if I could see photos to show what the WHOLE piano looks like. My Victorian page http://www.pianohistory.info/victorian.html mentions that around the 1870s, some London firms were starting to imitate the style of the French Piani...

Colin Nicholson wrote:Possibly 1870s .....
Looks a nice piano, but sometimes, beauty + age does not equate to value
Internal workings are over-damped (bird cage action)
Keep fingers crossed it can be 'roughly' tuned by a piano tuner... if not, would make a nice piece of furniture.

Thanks Colin, much appreciated

I would like to understand the age of my JB Cramer & Co Piano. It needs new strings, but nevertheless its a beautiful piece. The story behind it goes something like this, A large house in Knighton purchased it from a shop in chester and used it for many years until the owner donated it to the pu...