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by Hwb
26 May 2021, 03:50
Forum: Idle Chitchat
Topic: FT article on old Upright Piano
Replies: 3
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FT article on old Upright Piano

See Financial Times, 22/23 May 2021: the home in 50 Objects No (shown as #) 43: the Upright Piano by Peter Chapman, museumofthehome.org.uk (was Geoffrey - can't get right spelling on computer - Museum).Starts: "This seven-octave upright piano, in walnut veneer and rosewood, was made in about 18...
by Hwb
18 May 2021, 16:31
Forum: Idle Chitchat
Topic: Likely start to Victorian piano tuning career
Replies: 2
Views: 8510

Likely start to Victorian piano tuning career

Have just skimmed over Gill Green's excellent History of Piano Tuning. Just what I was looking for. My great grandfather was a piano tuner (and, it seems, conductor, composer, sheet music publisher, retailer from store in the Crystal Palace, etc). His name was Charles Seaton (1838 - 1902). He tuned ...