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Thanks for the information about naming, it certainly helps explain why it is so difficult to identify types of piano etc. especially when trying to find similar ones for reference. I will check the second name on the key again when I clean them properly. It is less distinct than the Seymour, but ap...

Hi Bill, Thanks for the reply. I have had a brief look around your site and will definitely go back for a further full read. Since my previous mail I have disassembled much more of the piano for a clean, and indeed there are dates written on the top key. They are March, May and October 1881. These a...

Hello, I have a piano made by Broadwood and Sons that I believe to be a cottage piano. I have checked the serial number against the list on the Broadwood website and this indicates it was made between 1880 and 1885. I am trying to find photos of it, or a similar piano so that I can restore the cloth...