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Well, in the end didn't bother going to the auction. The Kallen pianos are made in Shanghai and I remember asking before about another piano called Strauss (also made in Shanghai - by the same company?) which someone on the forum said was rubbish. I presume it's not worth considering new pianos unle...

I was browsing an auction room recently with the usual house-clearances. There are a few old pianos which are no good but there is a brand new Kallen piano (I think it is the model KA110-K-7 from their website). Is Kallen any good as a brand? Apparently they're based in Shanghai. The auction is tomo...

Barrie, you said that years ago the Strauss pianos were shocking. In what way? Did they play bad or did the keys stick over time, case fall apart etc?

I bought a 1936 Crane & Sons piano six months ago (with the original ivories still intact!) and although once tuned I was happy enough with the sound I am tempted to buy a new piano. I've recently come into some money and have spied two new pianos I'm considering. One was a Yamaha B1 (polished b...

I bought a second hand piano and although its a bit shabby on the outside (lots of mug and tea-cup rings on the top) it plays quite well and I like the sound of it. (In fact I was at a concert the other day and thought the upright piano being used quite metallic and find some pianos I hear on the ra...

Thanks Barrie - the piano is fine to play on and everything does work. Its just a few minor things like notes occasionally sticking or not playing if you repeat too quickly. At least I'll be prepared if a tuner tries to fob me off with a jobsworth attitude. (I've been having difficulty locating a tu...

Thanks Barrie - I guess that's where Paul McCartney got the title of his song from... Yes, I think my old Victorian piano must have had ebony keys whilst the 1930s one looks like they're made of wood. Funny, that they still used ivory (for a while) but stopped using Ebony. I read somewhere that (con...

I was just reading this topic and our family used to own an old Victoria piano 20 years ago which was Straight Strung (I remember because I used to look inside the lid). I currently have a 1930s piano which is overstrung and one of the first things that struck me was how loud it was (despite being a...

I recently bought a second hand 1930s Crane & Sons piano and although the white ivory keys are in good condition the black keys are faded (one can see, I presume, the original brown wood underneath). Our family used to own an old Victorian piano and the black keys were always jet black - I presu...

I've been trying to get a tuner to tune my piano. I bought it second hand and although everything works there are a few things that need looking at (ie sometimes the notes don't sound if I press two keys beside each other quickly and one of the notes sounds like the sustain pedal is being used etc e...

Thanks Bill - I didn't realise that bit was the iron frame.

I was flicking through the forum and came across this photo:

http://www.chaboy.net/P1010037.JPG

My piano has the same gold colour metal part inside which the piano strings are attached to - what is that part called?

Thanks for the feedback. I don't normally look inside pianos, I just play them(!) so I'm a little uncertain as to which part is the soundboard. On the piano I have all the piano strings and knobs are attached to a large piece of golden coloured metal. I'm not sure if this is the soundboard. I had a ...

I recently bought a second hand Crane & Sons piano. The serial number is "C&S165267" and it also has Patent Applied 26958-34. The last two digits of the patent number leads me to believe it was made in 1934? Would this be correct? What attracted me to buying the piano was that it s...