Knight London piano

[jhu]

Hi You all. I write from Finland.

Not surprisingly, questions concerning my parents' Knight piano.

Here come numbers that have been found inside the piano.

"38076" (black big letters painted on the right side of the piano's metal frame, from front view)
"37205" (marks in wooden back cover, from front view, inside the piano)
"Reg.design 812773"

How old? When manufactured? Anything else interesting to know?

Thank you in advance.

Cheers,
-jhu-

[Barrie Heaton]

38076 c1965

A true Knight

see
http://www.uk-piano.org/knight/
and
http://www.uk-piano.org/history/history_1.html

Barrie,

[mnowaczyk]

I just bought a an 812773 design piano (with matching bench) at an auction (on a total whim while my wife was away) in Glen Mills, PA with ~1 inch tall black numbers 25754. It sounds really nice although I have no real ear to tell if it's in tune. I'm working on learning chopsticks right now. My 18 month old daughter loves it.

Can anyone tell me if i should take very good care of this piano, or if I can let my daughter bang away on it. There is a scratch behind where you'd put your music. The veneer feels like it might start pulling off the lid where the finger slots are to pull up the lid. I can see signs of other bubbling veneer. Also, the bottom trim on the far right side has lost a half inch or so, which must have happened in a move long ago.

It also looks like the keys are plastic as opposed to ivory. Does this make sense?

Do I have a beater, or something I should care for?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I paid $13 for the piano, a tablesaw, and a ton of tools. My brother had given me $200 in gift certificates that he'd baought at charity auction for less than $100. (So I gues you'd say I paid about $160 for the piano.) My wife is happy I bought the piano too!

Thanks!
Mike

[Bill Kibby]

Is this a Knight piano? It is listed as a reply to a Knight posting, so unless it is one, it will not find the response you want, and should be posted as a new topic. Putting aside the many words, all we know is numbers, and they do not allow us to help at all without a maker's name. Artificial key coverings have been around since the 1860s, an early form of celluloid.