Challen & Brothers?

joseygirl3333 · Post by **joseygirl3333** » 11 Nov 2006, 06:28

My great grandmother left me this piano. I wrote all the information down on it and I was wondering if someone can help me out. i just want to know the history of it. here is what it says:

Challen & Brother
46 Oxford St London
Maker of HRH Prince Albert Victor of Wales

...then when you lift the lid to the keys it has a picture of different dimes and they say London 1862, Capetown 1877, Paris 1878, Melbourne 1881, London 1885, Edinburgh 1886. Thank you

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 11 Nov 2006, 12:19

The "dimes" are medals received at exhibitions by Challen, but I have never heard of the company being called "Challen & Brother". The latest medals shows us that the piano was made after the 1886 exhibition. (See pianogen.org) No archives survive to give us details of individual pianos.