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Posted on behalf of Elizabeth an AOL user who is having problems posting :( Dear Barry, I just can't seem to post a message, keep getting invalid notice. Hope you can answer or relay my question. Looking for information on Vatin &co., Bruxelles. I have a rosewood piano with inlay of mother-of-pe...

Take for a PM =====> I am not certin that the craine & sons upright was made in 1893 but there was a reciept from someone that tuned it in 1995 and the reciept said that the piano was built in "1893" There is also a serial #39748. ======> The first key in the bass some times is dated m...

As far as I am aware Crains had their pianos made for them by other manufactures. The were a large retailer in Liverpool and London. How do you know it was made in 1893 are the keys dated. Form about c1930s Kembles made them. Bill may have more info on them There is one for sale on UKPP for &300...

In the UK they can go for &1,000.00 + in a retail outlet in good condition, Privately I tuned one a few week ago they paid &600.00 case was battered but it played well.

Most tuners don't like tuning them especially in the USA where they use a muting strip.

Barrie,

We are getting more request from European visitors to place ads on that page at the moment it is for UK only We have started to allow EEC shops to place
ads on the trade pianos for sale.

So the question is should it stay UK only or should we extend it to Europe


Barrie,

There is an interesting article in the economist on Piano manufacturers

http://www.economist.co.uk/books/displa ... id=1825853

Barrie,

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