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Well, this certainly is an informative website. I just looked at the history of John Broadwood and it looks like this piano has to be from somewhere between 1840 (when they shipped their first piano to the new King and Queen) and 1866 (when they stopped making squares). I can't believe the owner lef...

Hi Bill, Thanks for your quick response. And you were right on the mark concerning my reaction to it. I would have packed it in my suitcase if I could have. But I began to wonder about the tonal quality last night after I read the history of the piano on this website. I took some pictures with my di...

Hi, I was recently on vacation and rented a house in France. I was surprised to find that what looked like a table had hinges on the top. When I opened it up, it was a piano keyboard. When I completely opened it up, I noticed that the strings are horizontal to the ground but run left to right. What ...