Rushworth & Dreaper piano

[shakilmalik]

Hi! I have a Rushworth & Dreaper piano and i am getting really frustrated as I can not find any clue to how old it is. Yes, I have red everything that has been so far written about R&D on this forum but it is no more then a skeleton of R&D company history. So please: anyone who has a R&D piano and has any clue of its age or anyone who knows anything about their serial numbers, what kind of wood their pianos were made of, where were they made (besides Liverpool)... just ANYTHING! I will be extremly grateful for any information!

[Bill Kibby]

Have you looked at my datemarks page on www.pianogen.org yet? Otherwise, post some photos here, or email them to me, and I can probably estimate the date. The poartnership is said to have begun in 1905, so the piano will be after 1904. In general, you cannot find out much at all about the majority of pianos just from a name.