Albert Wagstaff, Manchester

[Pamela]

I have just received an Albert Wagstaff upright piano with the number 12939. There is also a lable 'Shorrock & Shorrock' Music. Can anyone give me more information regarding the history of it's manufacturer?
The piano is now residing in Portugal.

[Bill Kibby]

We have no evidence that Wagstaff actually made pianos, and no dates of serial numbers are available. He was in business as a dealer from the late 1890s to at least the twenties in Manchester. Shorrock presumably sold the piano at some time. Have a look at

http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/datem ... ianos.html