Is it too much of a generalisation to say that a Bluthner from the Communist era is likely to have the name on the fallboard in plain font capital letters and pre & post communist ones will have the fancy lettering?
A friend is interested in a Bluthner grand. I've told her to get the serial number but she isn't a pianist and can't find it - she lives miles away so I can't go and look myself. I wondered if this was a useful rule of thumb? This piano has the name in capitals.
Bluthner question
Moderators: Feg, Gill the Piano, Melodytune
No.
Either can have either, although the latest post-Commie Blüthners tend to have the fancy script, sometimes with an arty grand piano silhouette shadowing it. Very early models have a script with extra little barbs halfway up each letter.
To identify a Red in the Bed, check the decal on the soundboard. Pinkos will have "VEB-Blüthner Pianofabrik" or something similar. It's the "VEB" but you're looking for.
If you see those three little letters avoid, or pay peanuts.
Either can have either, although the latest post-Commie Blüthners tend to have the fancy script, sometimes with an arty grand piano silhouette shadowing it. Very early models have a script with extra little barbs halfway up each letter.
To identify a Red in the Bed, check the decal on the soundboard. Pinkos will have "VEB-Blüthner Pianofabrik" or something similar. It's the "VEB" but you're looking for.
If you see those three little letters avoid, or pay peanuts.