UK Piano Page Piano Forum

Another question concerns the decal under the keyboard lid "Selected by J Muir Wood & Co Glasgow" After some research I discovered that Muir Wood was charged by Broadwood to organize the pianos for Chopins Scottish concerts in around 1848. What could this decal mean? Did Muir Wood, who...

Sorry about the measurments. The Broadwood is 54 inches wide, 7'3" long. The keys do go A to A. The pins are not able to hold the string in tune and we are contemplating different methods of fixing this problem. We thought of chroming the pins to make them slightly bigger. We also thought of ma...

My Semi-Grand Broadwood is 7'3" long, 54 inches wide, key on the bass end start at A and end at E (50 white, 35 black). The strings are the original, but are still in good shape. Pins have hardly been tuned. The only flaw on the piano seems to be two small pieces of Rosewood veneer have been re...

I have a Broadwood & Sons Semi-Grand in great condition with serial # 10895. Does anyone know much about these, how old, how collectable, how easily they are to tune up. Mine doesn't sound good, but the strings are still in very good condition. Also, there is a signature: Hillsor signed inside t...