Beringer & Strohmenger

[Gill the Piano]

Hello Bill, any idea of the age of this piano serial no 33537 please? Looks about 1910ish to me ... Ta!

[Bill Kibby]

This cannot be Gill asking me to date a piano just by its name??

[Gill the Piano]

And it's number! And a punt of my own... Never heard of the Beringer prefix to Strohmenger before. Pleeeeeease?

[Bill Kibby]

That's very strange, the version that was displayed just now seemed to stop in mid-sentence, and had no number. Beringer & Strohmenger were a London firm from the 1880s at least up to the 1914 war, with no known connection to the other Strohmenger, but apparently following on after them.

As far as I am aware, no dates are available for their numbers. Does it have a german action, perhaps Lexow? Check the rear for the action makers' name and number. I could make an educated guess from photos that show the whole piano.