W. Kipps

[eelleennaa02]

Hi all..my aunt has heritated a piano with a label W.Kipps. It was made in 1861 in London and it was 100th pieces from series.I am interested in selling this piano. If you are interested please contact me at email eelleennaa02@yahoo.com. Thanks all

[Bill Kibby]

Putting your email address on the internet may cause you to receive all sorts of nuisance emails.

I have to ask how you know the piano was made in 1861? And how do you know it is the 100th piano they made? Pianos are hardly ever marked externally with a year of manufacture, and most pianos have several numbers inside. Kipps did not establish his business until 1862, is this the year you are thinking of? He is not thought to have made the pianos, he probably just put his name on them, like a lot of other dealers. Although I am fascinated by Victorian pianos, sadly they have very little value in Britain unless they have been fully restored, and the Piano History Centre is offered several each year for nothing, just to save them from being scrapped.