Coupleux Freres

[gesh14]

I have an old French piano made in Paris. Its name is Boupleux Freres and the serial number is 1203. As far as I know Freres means brothers and Boupleux is their family name. When I search for "Boupleux" in the internet I find absolutely nothing. I've played on this piano since January 1999 when my father bought it. It hasn't been tuned since then and I think that only 24-30 keys(the lowest tones) are incorrect. I love the sound of it very much. I can't find how old is it. I also wonder what's its value(I know that it's difficult to say without seeing the piano but I hope you can make a guess). Here is a photo:

And a photo of the inside:

[Bill Kibby]

The photos are not bright enough or clear enough to show much, but no-one can give you a valuation on the basis of photos. We have no record of the name, there is no particular value in it, and no dates of serial numbers are available for this maker, if it is a real maker. Have a look at the Datemarks link on pianogen.org then try the Valuation link there.

[gesh14]

If I post some clear photos, will you be able to find out about how old is it?

[Bill Kibby]

Rather than post large photos here, email them to me, but have a look at pianogen.org first, especially the Reports and Datemarks links. This explains what kind of things I need to see.

[gesh14]

Well I've decided to post them here, cause more people can see them that way:
serial number: 1203
iron frame: no datemarks (as far as I could see)
photos:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9522/dsc00032gg9.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/493/dsc00033up8.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4319/dsc00034kt8.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1824/dsc00035ch2.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3557/dsc00036il6.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6428/dsc00037wh1.jpg

I can't give nay more information but I hope this is enough to tell me how old is my piano.

[Bill Kibby]

Your English is considerably better than my Bulgarian, which is non-existent! Links to pictures are fine, we have a problem with people posting large photos on the forum. However, the piano's name is Couplex, so I'll have to start again with my search. Did you look at the Datemarks link? There is nothing here that will tell us the date, it could be 1920s or 1950s, impossible to say without clearer photos. There isn't even one picture that shows the whole piano. Have a look at the Repots link at pianogen.org which will tell you what sort of details I would need for a full report. However, I cannot tell if I will be able to date it without seeing the infomation.

[Bill Kibby]

Coupleux Freres certainly existed in 1928, but I have no details that would help you with the piano, except that the name on the action - Gehrling & Douillet - puts it around the twenties as well.

[gesh14]

isn't even one picture that shows the whole piano.

Sorry but around the piano are a lot of things, so it was hard taking even these photos.

But the information 1920~1930 is fine to me. Thanks a lot!