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joanofarc · Post by **joanofarc** » 29 Jan 2012, 15:24

Hi,
I have this piano, the serial number in side is 27656. I am trying to find out anything about it, just out of interest but can't. anyone heard of this piano? It is an upright, vertically strung.

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 29 Jan 2012, 16:56

These are British pianos, but no dates of serial numbers are available. Some are probably made by Kemble, which would place this number in the late twenties. Without photos of the whole piano, it is difficult to say whether this is likely.

joanofarc · Post by **joanofarc** » 29 Jan 2012, 20:50

it looks like this

joanofarc · Post by **joanofarc** » 29 Jan 2012, 20:59

Ha ha, you have intrigued me now, I have found another mark on the wooden body where the lid lifts up it says w & G 4270?

Post by **Bill Kibby** » 29 Jan 2012, 22:38

This is a stock number for Waring & Gillow, but unfortunately, if you google W&G you will get endless references to the "Will & Grace" TV programme. It looks like a twenties piano, so perhaps they sold it new then, or they may have sold it secondhand, later. It could well be a Kemble, in which case the serial number may be preceded by the letter K, and positioned at keyboard level inside the piano, at the back.

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